GUTTER CLEANING

Whether you are a domestic or commercial customer you should have your gutters checked and cleaned regularly. It can have real consequences to the structure of your property, from creating a noise problem during the night with water dripping onto lower roofs, window sills or conservatories or indeed the floor below, to damp penetrating the walls of bedrooms and other rooms in the home or office.

The weight of dirt builds up and make your gutters sag. This makes them much less efficient and they then just cannot do their job properly. There are coils, meshes, guards and crows nests available to stop leaves getting in, but that is only a small part of the problem. If you put any of these obstacles in gutters it is in fact a double edged sword because you think this is the solution, so you forget about your gutters thinking 'they're ok now', whereas that’s exactly what they are not. All these so called problem solvers are in effect harboring a bigger problem which is dust, dirt in the rain and deposits from the tiles above. Leaves actually break up and decay to nothing so they are only really a problem in the very short term.

There is only one way to keep gutters working effectively, have them cleaned every two years, no more, no less. If an insurer is so minded on a domestic or commercial property it can affect your building insurance and if you have a commercial building coupled with that it can also be a Health & Safety issue.

It really is an investment in the future of your home to have them cleaned. When we have finished cleaning your gutters we show you what has been removed and invite you to have a look inside the guttering for yourself to see that we have done a first rate job.

The business aslo clears down pipes, drains (where possible) and also septic tanks. We will try and help wherever possible to make things flow easier for you. It is always good to a have a check up on all of these things once every year so that deposits don't build up and cause even worse problems later on. For this we charge a one off payment per year of £50 plus vat. This is a small price to pay and it means that you will never have to pay out a large sum again for the clearing of the above.

We usually clear gutters from £150 to £2000 including VAT depending on size and the complexity of the works but for domestic properties it is usually the former.