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Industry guidance is clear: eavestroughs should be cleaned twice per year, spring and fall.But for Ottawa homes specific...
07/31/2026

Industry guidance is clear: eavestroughs should be cleaned twice per year, spring and fall.

But for Ottawa homes specifically, the honest answer is more nuanced.

Twice per year minimum for: Homes with deciduous tree coverage within 30 feet of the roofline. Maples, oaks, and elms in Ottawa's established neighbourhoods shed heavily twice per season. Spring seeds and fall leaves both require a dedicated clean.

Three times per year for: Homes with pine or spruce coverage within 20 feet of the roofline. Pine needles shed year-round and compact differently than deciduous debris they create impenetrable mats faster.

Once per year acceptable for: Homes with minimal tree coverage and modern seamless aluminum eavestroughs in good condition. If your property is open and your system is relatively new, a single spring clean may be sufficient and we'll tell you honestly if that's the case for your home.

After any major storm: Ottawa's summer thunderstorms can deposit significant roofline debris in a single event. We always recommend a post-storm inspection if you notice overflow during or after a storm.

Clear Ottawa — Ottawa's Exterior Home Doctor gives you a maintenance recommendation tailored to your property.

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This isn't urgency for urgency's sake.Every year, we watch Ottawa homeowners wait until October to think about eavestrou...
07/30/2026

This isn't urgency for urgency's sake.

Every year, we watch Ottawa homeowners wait until October to think about eavestrough cleaning. By then, our calendar is full. The November storms arrive before we can get to them. And debris-filtered water heads toward foundations that have been drying out all winter already stressed.

Industry guidance recommends cleaning eavestroughs twice per year: spring and fall.

Book your September clean now. Benefits of booking ahead:
✅ You get the week you want not whatever is left
✅ We clean before peak leaf fall — removing summer debris before it compounds
✅ Your foundation goes into winter dry
✅ No scrambling in October when everyone calls at once

September booking is open. August slots are limited.

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Ottawa's 2026 renovation trends show a clear shift: homeowners are moving outdoor living from the backyard to the front ...
07/29/2026

Ottawa's 2026 renovation trends show a clear shift: homeowners are moving outdoor living from the backyard to the front of the home. Front porches, statement entrances, and front-facing outdoor seating areas are among the top requested features in Ottawa renovations this year.

Here's what nobody tells you when you're designing a beautiful new front porch:
The most visible thing from that porch the thing you look up at every morning with your coffee is your eavestrough. If it's sagging, stained, packed with debris, or running with overflow in every rain it's the first thing your guests notice when they approach the house, and it's the first thing you see when you sit down outside.

A properly cleaned, inspected, and optionally guard-protected front eavestrough run:
→ Eliminates the overflow staining on your new porch ceiling and columns
→ Removes the biological growth accumulating at the joint above your front entrance
→ Ensures your new outdoor space isn't interrupted by water sheeting off a blocked gutter in summer rain

The renovation is the front porch. The maintenance is what makes it stay beautiful.

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Ottawa's municipal tap water contains dissolved minerals — calcium, magnesium, and trace chlorine compounds.When tap wat...
07/28/2026

Ottawa's municipal tap water contains dissolved minerals — calcium, magnesium, and trace chlorine compounds.

When tap water is applied to glass and evaporates, these minerals remain on the surface as water spots and mineral deposits. Clean them with tap water and you're reintroducing the very compounds that cause the problem. This is why professional window cleaning done with tap water often leaves results that streak or spot within days.

Clear Ottawa — Ottawa's Exterior Home Doctor uses a purified water-fed pole system for exterior glass cleaning. Purified water (TDS near zero effectively zero dissolved minerals) leaves no mineral residue when it evaporates. The glass dries spot-free and stays cleaner longer.

The science is simple:
Tap water deposits minerals on glass.
Purified water leaves nothing behind.
The difference is visible within the first week.

→ Book your professional window cleaning: www.clearottawa.com
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The homeowners had just finished a kitchen renovation. New cabinetry. Quartz countertops. A complete transformation of t...
07/22/2026

The homeowners had just finished a kitchen renovation. New cabinetry. Quartz countertops. A complete transformation of the space. They were photographing it for a family group chat when they noticed: the light coming through the window was flat and dull. The new countertops looked darker than they should. The space felt smaller than it was.

The windows hadn't been professionally cleaned in two years. Clean glass isn't a finishing touch. It's the thing that lets every other investment in a home perform correctly. Studies confirm dirty windows block 20–40% of natural light transmission.

'The renovation looks finished now," the homeowner told us. "It didn't before."

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Here's the honest list of what they cannot do. Because knowing the limits of a product is how you make a good decision a...
07/21/2026

Here's the honest list of what they cannot do. Because knowing the limits of a product is how you make a good decision about whether to buy it.

What gutter guards cannot do:
❌ Make your eavestrough system completely maintenance-free.
Even the best micro-mesh guards require inspection every 1–2 years. Fine material accumulates on top of the guard surface and must be cleared. They reduce cleaning frequency they don't eliminate it entirely.

❌ Prevent ice dams entirely.
Gutter guards reduce the debris that contributes to ice dam formation. They don't address the primary cause of ice dams — heat loss from the attic warming the roof deck. If your home has poor attic insulation, guards alone won't solve the ice dam problem.

❌ Block all debris types equally.
Micro-mesh blocks most Ottawa debris. Very fine conifer needles and shingle dust can accumulate over the mesh surface over time, requiring occasional clearing. No product blocks 100% of all debris permanently.

❌ Correct an already-failing eavestrough system.
Guards installed on a system with failing joints, sagging sections, or blocked downspouts are guards installed on a broken foundation. The underlying issues must be addressed first.

What gutter guards can do for the right Ottawa home and whether yours qualifies is what we assess before we recommend anything.

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Pressure washing is the right tool for the right surface. On the wrong surface, it's the wrong tool entirely.Here are th...
07/20/2026

Pressure washing is the right tool for the right surface. On the wrong surface, it's the wrong tool entirely.

Here are the 4 exterior surfaces on Ottawa homes where pressure washing causes damage and what the Exterior Home Doctor uses instead.

1. Vinyl siding. At 1,500+ PSI, water infiltrates behind vinyl panels, soaks insulation, and creates a moisture environment behind the wall. Surface appears clean. Behind it: the beginning of a mold problem.
Solution: soft washing at 100–300 PSI with biodegradable solution.

2. Older wood siding and trim. High pressure strips paint, raises wood grain, and forces water into unsealed end grain where rot begins.
Solution: soft washing with appropriate pH solution for the wood type.

3. Asphalt roof shingles. Pressure washing strips the granular surface coating from shingles the layer that protects against UV degradation. A pressure-washed roof can lose 5–10 years of lifespan.
Solution: soft washing is the only appropriate method for roof cleaning.

4. Stucco and mortar joints in brick. High pressure erodes mortar joints and can fracture stucco surface expensive to repair.
Solution: low-pressure soft washing, or in some cases, hand washing.

We assess before we quote. Every time.
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Ottawa homeowners often treat all their windows as the same surface. They aren't. Orientation changes the contamination ...
07/17/2026

Ottawa homeowners often treat all their windows as the same surface. They aren't. Orientation changes the contamination type and the cleaning approach.

North-facing windows: Least direct sun. Highest biological growth risk — algae and mold colonise glass surfaces that don't get regular UV exposure. Mineral deposits accumulate slowly but bond harder to the cold glass. Require more aggressive solution contact time.

South-facing windows: Maximum UV exposure all year. Surface film bakes onto glass faster in summer. Mineral deposits from summer rain evaporation are most severe. Requires more frequent cleaning — spring and summer in Ottawa rather than spring and fall.

East-facing windows: Morning dew and condensation cycle daily in Ottawa's humid summers — 70–77% average humidity in August.

Pollen deposits heavily in spring morning wind from the east. Frame mold risk is highest on east-facing frames.

West-facing windows: Ottawa's afternoon storms approach from the west — west-facing glass receives the highest rain-driven mineral deposit load. Also the highest thermal cycling from direct afternoon sun.

Clear Ottawa — Ottawa's Exterior Home Doctor notes orientation during pre-inspection and adjusts the cleaning method accordingly. This is what professional window cleaning looks like.

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After a flood event, the most common question we're receiving at Clear Ottawa is this:Would gutter guards have helped?He...
07/16/2026

After a flood event, the most common question we're receiving at Clear Ottawa is this:

Would gutter guards have helped?
Here is the honest answer because Ottawa homeowners deserve accuracy right now, not a sales pitch.

What gutter guards would have helped with on July 1:
A debris-free eavestrough system handles extreme rainfall better than a partially blocked one. Micro-mesh gutter guards the type we install and recommend for Ottawa's climate keep systems cleaner between professional cleans. On July 1, a guard-protected system would have entered the storm with a clearer flow path than an unguarded system that hadn't been cleaned recently.

For homes with significant debris accumulation, that cleaner flow path may have reduced not eliminated overflow during the peak rainfall hours.

Even a perfectly clean, guard-protected eavestrough system with ideal flow capacity would have been overwhelmed by this volume. The July 1 flooding was a municipal infrastructure event, not solely a residential maintenance failure.

The honest recommendation:
Gutter guards improve your system's baseline performance between cleans. They reduce debris accumulation. They perform best in Ottawa's freeze-thaw climate when fitted with micro-mesh. They pay for themselves in 3–5 years on tree-lined Ottawa properties.

But they are not a flood defence system. They are a maintenance efficiency tool.
The most important thing you can do right now, post-July 1, is ensure your existing system is inspected, cleared of any storm debris, and confirmed to be functioning correctly with all joints sealed and all downspouts directing water correctly away from your foundation.

Start there. Then ask us about guards.
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July is Ottawa's rainiest month by day count averaging 17.1 rainy days per month.That's 17 individual events where every...
07/14/2026

July is Ottawa's rainiest month by day count averaging 17.1 rainy days per month.

That's 17 individual events where every millimetre of water on your roof runs through your eavestrough system and must exit cleanly at the downspout. If your system passed every test clean, unblocked, properly sloped you probably didn't notice. That's how a properly maintained eavestrough should work.

If you heard water overflowing at the wall. If you noticed staining on your fascia after a storm. If your basement felt damp after the heavy rain days. Your system didn't pass.

Clear Ottawa — Ottawa's Exterior Home Doctor doesn't just clean your gutters. We inspect every joint, every downspout entry, every connection point. And we tell you honestly what we find.

When did yours last get examined?
→ Book your gutter cleaning inspection: www.clearottawa.com
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