Gutter Cleaning in Weoley Castle

Tile moss, wet silt and a run shared over the party wall

Silt is the main problem on this estate. The 1930s tiles shed moss and grit continuously, and once a couple of centimetres has settled the run holds water permanently, which is what rots a fascia from behind while everything still looks fine from the pavement. Right to buy added a second issue. Bought houses commonly had white uPVC fascias and soffits capped over the original timber, and that plastic weathers grey and green just as the window frames have, so it is worth washing down while we are up there. Council houses more often still have painted timber, which we photograph instead of cleaning over when it is failing.

• Moss and grit off ageing 1930s tiles, settling as a wet silt bed, not as loose leaf litter
• Continuous runs shared across the party wall of a semi or short terrace, so clearing half is half a job
• uPVC fascias and soffits added after right to buy, now grey and green and worth washing at the same visit
• Original painted timber fascia on council houses, where failure is a repair to report, not a clean
• Houses on the Woodgate Valley edge of the estate, which do collect a real autumn leaf load

Vacuumed from the ground, silt bed and all, then downpipes flushed

A pole-mounted vacuum takes everything out from ground level, so nothing rests on your gutter, your fascia or the bay roof underneath it. We lift the silt and moss bed as well as the loose material sitting on top, because on a run like this taking the top layer means it blocks again by February. Downpipes are then flushed to prove the whole thing actually flows. A camera on the pole records the condition of the run, and we hand you those photographs whether the house is yours or the council’s.

• Silt and moss lifted out, not merely the loose material sitting on top of it
• Downpipes flushed after clearing, since the run and the pipe block independently of each other
• Both halves of a semi cleared together where the neighbour agrees, because the run is continuous
• Photographs of cracked, sagging or rotten sections handed over, to report or to act on as you prefer

More detail on the equipment and the order of work: our gutter cleaning method.

Doing a run of houses at once

The best way to buy gutter clearing on this estate is with the people either side of you. A semi shares one gutter run, so clearing your half and leaving the neighbour’s to overflow into it is money half spent, and a short terrace is that argument extended down the row. Several adjoining houses can be done in one stop. Access is easy: wide verges to set up on, generous gardens, and a side entry so we reach the back without coming through your house.

What moves the quote on a standard estate semi

Because the runs are so alike, a standard semi is quick to quote, often from a photograph. What lifts it is neglect and additions: a run untouched for five years with seedlings rooted in the silt takes real time, and a conservatory or rear extension added after right to buy brings its own low-level guttering that fills faster than the house run does. Each house is quoted on its own run, and two or three adjoining houses can be booked for the same visit.

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Once a year, and twice on the Woodgate Valley side

Once a year for most houses here, best booked for late autumn. Twice yearly is worth it on the Woodgate Valley side of the estate and for anything with a mature tree in the garden or on the verge outside. Because the filler here is moss and silt more than leaf, the timing matters less than it does in the leafier parts of the city: a run that is holding water wants clearing whenever you notice it, not next October.