Spending money on your home is usually not the first thing on anyone’s wishlist, but it is often a necessity. One part of your home that you can’t cheap out on is your roof. Replacing your roof can become very expensive, so because of this, maintaining and caring for your existing roof should be very important to you as a homeowner. Between rain, blistering sun and heavy snow, your roof goes through a lot, and it can easily get damaged over time by all this wear and tear. So what can you do to protect your roof?

An important aspect of caring for your roof is just to pay attention to it. If you never look at your roof, a problem that could be easily remedied might go on for long enough to become catastrophic. A simple thing is to make sure that your gutters and downspouts are working properly. Cleaning off leaves and branches that fall on your roof will also help since water can gather and build up otherwise.