I'm from the DC area (Montgomery County) but involved right now in the Pittsburgh area (Beaver County).

David Dam,First we must define expensive cities and their median price.With that said, let's move onto the next point.

If they truly had a contract with any of the clients they dam sure did not put any effort into helping them.

The worst though was the beavers.

Add felt, drip edge, roof vent, ice dam barrier ($1/ft labor) Around $200 per square total is pretty good.

Unfortunately, it was an early-season cold snap and HVAC guys were busy as beavers.

Depends too on the debris, if you have oak leaves, any will likely do, if you have pine trees, the needles get caught on the guards and cause a dam build up.

Maybe it's not that she's not supportive she is just tired of hearing about the same dam thing.

Steve MightWe have a brush - like a small chimney sweep, but flexible - for the downspouts.However, we also put leaf guards, gutter guards, {pick your favourite name} on all our eaves troughs ... this has eliminate many dam(n)ing issues.http://www.google.ca/search?

Holiday markets, construction workers needing somewhere to stay, (we have a lot of this since there are always new developments popping up here, workers working on the dams nearby, etc.)