Gutter Cleaning

Throughout the year your gutters collect more than just rain water. Roof debris, leaves, animal droppings, moss, seeds etc all build up. This debris causes blockages allowing vegetation to grow.

         

Gutters are there to carry the rainwater quickly away from your roof. This protects the brickwork and foundations from becoming damp. When the gutters become blocked water can pour over either sides or ends of the gutters.

There are several products on the market to prevent this debris getting into the gutters. Many of which are a quick fix to a long-term problem. They catch the debris in turn becoming blocked up. Known as ‘Gutter Guards’ or ‘Hedgehog Gutter Brush’, these are simply a waste of your money and make cleaning a lot harder.

Certainly, in areas of mass tree population, having Standish Property Maintenance clean your gutters once or twice a year is the best way to avoid blockages. Many tiled roofs have problems with moss. Moss is in many ways worse than leaf fall, when it comes to blocking your gutters.

Andy and Megan use a gimmick free technique to clean and clear your gutters of all this debris. They check your downspout carries all the water away and isn’t blocked. Most of what is removed is compostable. Therefore, it generally ends up in the green bin.

The main issues we face, include:

• • Bad workmanship
  • Physical damage
  • Animal fouling’s
  • Weather damage
  • Different profile of gutters

We have done one job, were the gutter was full in its entire length of one side of the house, with pigeon droppings. The picture below was that job. The Solar PV system pictured allowed pigeons to nest on the roof and clear their spoil into the gutter. A health and hygenie risk for both us and the householder from below. We counteracted this by fencing the edges off with a mess specific for this task.

Included in our work is a health check of the gutters and downspouts. If there is a problem or damage. We would attempt to correct it there and then. Or explain the issue to you. In rectifying the problem, we always prefer to use new parts and have the gutter configured as it should be. Our last option is to reach for the silicone gun.

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Recently, Standish has had many new houses built along Rectory Lane. We have been called out to more issues on this estate than anywhere else in Standish or Wigan. If your gutters are leaking, it’s more often down to poor quality of work. Examples of this are shown in some of our pictures.

So many times, we have gone out to gutter leaks where the installer has neglected to screw up unions or outlets. Using sealant to fix this at £5 a tube is reckless. A clean cloth, a screw and 5 minutes will generally be enough to cure a drip.

In addition to leaking gutters, a blocked downspout, again often due to poor install is a common occurrence. Joints and sockets are best adhesive and fixing free. Rather, wall brackets spaced no further than 1.5m apart, support its length is best practice.

Bends and joints fixed with screws, always seem to catch leaves or moss. Thus, collecting more and more that prevents water running away.

Further to our gutter and downspout clearing we can offer the full clean down. Cleaning of the Gutters face, the Fascia, the Soffit, Barge boards and all pipework. We do this largely by hand using detergents and upvc specific cream cleaners. Added to our arsenal is a long reach jet wash and various types of ladder.

Any time of year is ideal for either type of clear or clean. But often the full clean is done in spring and the clear in Autumn / Winter. Whenever you see fit to have either done, give us a call on 07920001980 / 01257431837 or use our contact page. We will do our very best to assist you and guide you through how we do it and what it is likely to cost.