We are now Home Stars verified!

We are proud to announce The Eavestrough Company is now Home Stars verified. Home Stars is an independent, 3rd party site that allows people to find contractors that are reputable and stay away from companies that are not.

This year Home Stars took a further step and asked companies to become Home Stars verified.  They requested owners and staff members of companies to submit to: 1. A criminal background check; 2. A credit check; 3. Send them their license and government registration; and 4. Provide their HST number.

Of course, we had no problem submitting to this and we passed with flying colours! We now proudly carry the Home Stars badge of honour on our Home Stars page. We will also be adding this to our website in the near future.

At The Eavestrough Company, we run an honest, reputable business. We never ask for money up front, we do great work, and we will always be straight up honest with you, our customers.

If you would like us to provide a quote for you, please contact us at 905-966-2564 or visit our website at www.theeavestroughcompany.com

HomeStars Verified

At HomeStars, we take your safety seriously. When you see a profile with a HomeStars Verified badge, you can rest assured knowing you're only inviting the most trustworthy service providers into your home.

Earning a Verified badge means that a service provider has passed our screening process, which includes:

• Criminal background
• Credit
• Licensing
• HST registration

By hiring a HomeStars Verified pro, you're one step closer to having a positive and safe experience during your next home improvement project.

Foam Filter: One of the worst gutter protections ever marketed.

Back when we first started The Eavestrough Company there were numerous companies selling a foam filter for gutter protection. It was trumpeted as the best gutter protection on the market. The product was mostly made by one company, New Dimension Industries, and companies would put their own label on it. Some names for it were Gutter Filter, American Gutter Filter, Gutter Filter Canada, Rain Filter and Gutter Stuff.

The product looks like a triangular sponge. See picture below:

Brand new it looks pristine and the water goes right through it. Give it a couple years and debris cakes on it and the sun beats the plastic to bits and it starts to collapse into the eavestroughs. It is, in my opinion, one of the worst gutter protections ever sold to the public. 

Today,  I went to a house to give a quote to a potential customer. He has 366 lineal feet of eavestrough and someone sold him the foam filter 7 years ago. It was simply a disaster! It was so bad I took pictures and shot a video. He paid $3275 to get this installed in 2010 and we are going to rip it all out and put in in garbage bags. Here is the video I shot followed by some pictures I took:

Convinced this is a bad product? I am. I have taken out thousands of feet for people. The good news is that most of these companies have gone out of business or are bankrupt. If you find the links to their websites they are nearly all dead links now. Even Home Improvement Specialist, Jon Eakes, had an article on his website that touted Gutter Filter as the greatest thing since sliced bread. That link is now removed from his website....presumably because it wasn't the greatest thing since sliced bread! The bad news is customers paid a premium for a "life time" warranty that is now defunct. I guess the life time warranty applied to the life of the company!

These gutter filter companies made a small fortune selling a terrible product. The problem is the consumers of the product become disillusioned with gutter protections when there are actually good ones on the market.

We have been in business for over 10 years. We are not going anywhere, we are not going out of business, and we are not going bankrupt! At The Eavestrough Company, we install seamless aluminium eavestroughs, fascia, soffit, siding and gutter protections that actually work! We would love to provide a quote for you. You can visit our website at www.theeavestroughcompany.com  or you can phone us at 905-966-2564.