Gutter clearing

Gutters fail quietly. Nothing drips into the hallway and nothing falls off the roof — the water simply stops going where it was meant to go, and starts going somewhere else. Usually down the wall.

We clear the whole run with a pole-mounted vacuum worked from the ground. A camera sits on the pole head, so we can see into the gutter before we start and show you it's empty when we finish. On most houses no ladder touches the building at all. Where a run cannot be reached that way, we use a ladder — up to two storeys, no higher.

What's included

• Every gutter run on the property emptied, not just the front
• Downpipes and hoppers flow-tested with water
• Outlets and gutter corners cleared by hand where the vacuum can't reach
• Debris collected in the vacuum drum, bagged and left tidy for your green bin
• Before and after photographs of every run, sent to your phone
• Anything broken photographed and reported, with a price before any repair

How we do it

1. 01

   Look first

   The pole camera goes up before anything else, so we know what's in there — leaf mulch, moss, a nest, or a split section that needs a repair rather than a clean.

2. 02

   Clear the run

   The vacuum pulls the debris straight down into a drum at ground level. Nothing gets flicked onto the roof, the lawn or the patio.

3. 03

   Test the flow

   Water down each downpipe to confirm it actually drains. A clear gutter feeding a blocked stack is still a blocked gutter.

4. 04

   Photograph and report

   Before and after shots of every run. If we found a problem, you get the photo and a separate price for putting it right.