Guttering, Downpipes and Gutter Cleaning in Torbay and South Devon

Gutters are the cheapest thing on the outside of a house and they cause the most expensive damage when they are ignored. A gutter that overflows at one point runs a sheet of water down the wall every time it rains, and a wall that never dries grows green, loses its render or its pointing, and pushes damp through to the inside. A gutter that has dropped at a bracket holds a puddle that freezes, splits the joint, and then does the same thing. A downpipe that discharges next to the foundations instead of into the drain does the kind of damage that shows up on a survey. Nothing about this is complicated to prevent. On this coast the gutters fill twice a year, with seeds and blossom in the late spring and leaves and moss in the autumn, and the seagulls add to it all year round. That is why gutter cleaning is the one job we put a price on: from £39, with the exact figure depending on the size of the house and how full the gutters are, and we tell you what it is before we start. If the gutter needs more than cleaning, we tell you what and quote for it separately. New guttering, when it is needed, is about the fall and the fixings as much as the material: a gutter hung level does not drain, and a bracket screwed into rotten fascia does not hold.

• Water pouring over the edge of the gutter in one place when it rains
• Green or black staining down the wall below a joint or a downpipe
• Grass or moss growing out of the gutter
• A gutter that sags between brackets or has pulled away from the fascia
• Drips from a joint long after the rain has stopped
• A downpipe that ends above the ground or a blocked gully at the bottom

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