Deciduous trees help give Orange its colour city moniker but they also prove to be a problem for households with a recent increase in calls for gutter cleaning.
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Gutter-Vac Central West owner Grahame Fitzgerald said he started getting more calls asking him to clean people's roofs and gutters a few weeks ago following the recent heavy rain.
"Their gutters started overflowing, " Mr Fitzgerald said.
"They look up and see it overflowing and give us a call.
"Generally after rain the phones sometimes do take off."
Mr Fitzgerald said the red, gold and yellow leaves do cause a problem when they fall at this time of year.
"Walk down any street in Orange you can see them, they can blow in from neighbours, they can blow in from the street," he said.
"It's generally our busiest time of year vacuum cleaning the gutters.
"We vacuum all the leave out of the gutter, we never blow them out onto the ground."
He said it was important that gutters are kept clean to keep downpipes clear.
"It will over overflow over the front of the gutter or the back of the gutter and into the eaves and into the house," he said.
"If the water is sitting there too long it can rust the gutters."
However, however while deciduous trees are dropping leaves now, Mr Fitzgerald said eucalyptus trees also drop leaves, sticks and bark on roofs all year long.
"Pine trees are the same to a similar extent," he said.
Mr Fitzgerald said it was also important to keep gutters clean during bushfire danger periods to reduce the risk of embers catching alight.
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