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Old 04-18-2013, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by jimbo2012 View Post
Gracie, lower than $1 a foot by Stips?
The other (unnamed) company had charged our two neighbors about a thousand dollars this week and our home, the Seabrook, is a little larger, and M and M quoted us less.

The price quoted will match the existing gutters and downspouts already on the front of the home that came with it

For a long time we really didn't think we needed them. I certainly don't buy the tale that some contractors give you that not doing them gives you a fertile field for termite nests. But since the rain was sheeting off the roof, it was "trenching" in some areas and washing my PINE STRAW away and the rains are a coming.

I know that moisture does attract termites, but in this sand we rest on, it wicks away pretty quickly and frankly I kinda looked on that pitch as a scare tactic.

But if it is gonna wash my precious pine straw, it is time to have gutters and downspouts.

Sweetie and I are having a disagreement about rock vs. pine straw.

Usually he is right, but not this time.
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