Premium Gutter Cleaning in Winnetka

Winnetka is a west Valley neighborhood between Canoga Park and Reseda, laid out on a flat grid of postwar single-story stucco tract homes with composition shingle roofs on slab foundations. Many of the homes have been extended or given second stories, so roof valleys and extra downspouts that were not part of the original design are common. Sherman Way and Winnetka Avenue are the main corridors, with apartment buildings and small commercial buildings along them.

The blocks are lined with fan palms, ficus, pines and jacarandas, and the steady drop from those trees is what keeps Winnetka gutters filling all year. Palm fibers wrap around the downspout inlets, ficus sheds constantly, pine needles compact in the elbows and jacaranda pods and blossoms come down in early summer. The dry west Valley wind adds dust and roof grit between rains. There is no slope here, so a clogged gutter does its damage at the house: overflow onto the walkway and patio, dark streaks on the stucco, rotted fascia behind the drip edge, and water pooling against the slab where it leads to termites and foundation movement.

For Winnetka we recommend three visits a year for homes under oaks or pines, two for a standard lot, and one or two where there is little tree cover.