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Sounds like you want trees. In the summer they have leaves which provides shade to your roof. In the winter they lose their leaves and let the sun through. Best
by craftkiller 3y ago
Sounds like you want trees. In the summer they have leaves which provides shade to your roof. In the winter they lose their leaves and let the sun through. Best of all: its automated.
- ceejayoz 3y agoThe gutter cleaning and leaf raking/mulching that results most certainly is not automated, lol.
- HelloMcFly 3y agoYou can install nearly-perfect gutter guards. I've also personally just stopped raking leaves entirely. Where I want some grass in my front yard I'll mulch with my mower which is good for the grass, but otherwise I just leave the leaves alone and it results in a soft, typically non-muddy ground like a forest floor. I'm not proselytizing this course of action, do as you please. But I think it's nice and something most don't consider.
- a_wild_dandan 3y agoI received an HOA fine for reading this comment.
- sumtechguy 3y agoYou will receive a 75 dollar per day fine until the issue is resolved.
- cvccvroomvroom 3y agoYep. Pine needles are the worst. Gutter guards are a timesaver.
- lostlogin 3y agoCompared to putting a blanket on the house, cleaning gutters sounds trivial.
- giardini 3y agoTrees large enough to shade your home will tear up your foundation and house rodents (squirrels) that will nest in the walls and A/C units. Trees and pests will deposit leaves, branches and nuts on the roof which will clog gutters and rainspouts. In storms, trees will tear the building down. If you want a building then remove the trees. If you want trees then create a park and put trees there. Separate the treed areas from the buildings with distance and/or (maintained) root barriers. Otherwise the trees et al will tear the buildings down. I saw a 12-story high-rise last week whose foundation has been penetrated by "nice hardwood trees" they planted at the base 20-odd years ago. Similarly buildings don't belong on beaches or on cliffs. The water/wind will always win. Camp on the beach, party on the cliff but never build on the beach or cliff.
- lostlogin 3y agoThis is a very dystopian approach to living. Plenty of us live with a bit of nature nearby without destroying each other.
- craftkiller 3y agoI live in a building that was constructed 92 years ago. There are plenty of trees around it and the building is doing just fine.
- cvccvroomvroom 3y agoYep. It's usually the wrong tree species, wrong placement, or poor maintenance that leads to problems. I had 100'+ pine trees in my hard. Beetles were somewhat of a problem but the woodpeckers were all over them and systemics helped. Grew up in an house with 60' Australian willows that became too fragile and messy and were too close to a structure. Also, never get lemon trees because thorns from hell.
- jskrablin 3y agoBig trees very close to a house? Not the best idea, you're always a storm away from serious damage to the house. Tree roots will also eventually damage any kind of surface around the house or house foundation. And trees with shallow roots are really probe to get knocked over in heavy wind.
- cvccvroomvroom 3y agoThere are different types of large trees with variations in structural strength of root systems that can be planted far enough away to not be a fire or mechanical hazard but close enough for shade. Minimizing surface roots by choosing the right species. Where I grew up, there was a storm with straight line winds 110 mph that took out every fence but only half of the trees and very few of the old trees.