Guttering repairs, fascias and soffits in Ringwood
Leaking joints, sagging runs and gutters over the pavement repaired or replaced across Ringwood, with rotten fascias and soffits renewed when the boards have gone.
The site visit is free and so is the written itemised quote. Thomas Hannen prices every job himself.
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Guttering in Ringwood, repaired or replaced: we reseal leaking joints, rehang sagging runs, refix brackets pulled out of soft timber and clear blocked outlets, and renew the whole roofline of fascia, soffit, bargeboard, gutter and downpipe when the boards behind have rotted. On the town centre streets the gutter often hangs over the pavement, so how we reach it is part of the price.
Guttering trouble usually shows as water in the wrong place. A joint that drips onto the path every time it rains. A length that has sagged between its brackets, so water sits in the dip and spills over the front in a downpour, leaving a wet stripe and green staining down the wall. A fascia gone soft behind the gutter, or a soffit hanging open at one end with birds or wasps using the gap. The free visit settles whether your gutter needs a repair, a rehang or a full renewal, and how we are going to reach it. We test the timber, check the joints and the brackets, and put both answers in writing with photographs. If a length is already hanging over the pavement or water is pouring down the front wall, ring 07435 839745 and keep people from walking under it.
The work
Gutter repairs first, the whole roofline when the boards have gone
Gutter repairs come first because most gutters can be saved. A weeping joint gets a new union or seal, a sagging run is rehung on new brackets to a proper fall, a bracket dragged out of soft wood is refixed into sound timber, and an outlet blocked with moss and debris off the tiles is cleared so the next downpour goes down the pipe.
Repair or replace. If the channel is sound and the fascia still holds a screw, a repair is the right job and we will tell you so. Replacement makes sense when the plastic has gone brittle and the joints keep failing one after another, when the brackets have nothing solid to bite into, or when the fascia behind is rotten. A gutter that is only full of leaves has its own page: gutter cleaning in Ringwood. Under trees, clearing it in spring and again in autumn keeps the outlets running.
Older fronts with cast iron. If your town centre front still has cast iron guttering, it is usually worth a look before anyone quotes for plastic. Iron fails at the unions and along its unpainted back, seldom in the middle of a length, so where the metal is sound we take it down, re-bed the joints, paint it inside and out and rehang it on a fall. A cracked length can be replaced in iron to match.
Full renewal, stripped out. Where the boards have to go, fascia, soffit and bargeboard come off and are never clad over, because a cover board on rotten timber traps the damp. New boards are uPVC. With the fascia off you can see the rafter feet, the wall plate and the tilt fillet that lifts the bottom course of tiles. Wet ends are cut back and pieced in solid. A felt support tray, also called an eaves carrier, then takes the underlay over the board so its water lands in the gutter and not down the wall behind. Lifted tiles are refixed to BS 5534.
Profiles, colours and pipes. The new gutter goes up as a set: brackets, unions, running outlets, stop ends, hoppers, downpipes and shoes, hung falling to the outlet. Half round suits most houses, ogee and square sit neatly against a square edged fascia, and deepflow carries more water where a long slope drains into one run. Black, white, brown and anthracite are the usual colours. uPVC can be painted with the right primer, but fitting the colour you want from the start lasts far longer. A pipe that ends over a path or a bare border is worth taking to a gully while the access is up.
Soffits, vents and pests. A new soffit is the moment for eaves ventilation, with vented panels or over fascia vents where the board is shallow, keeping an air gap clear above the loft insulation. Gaps at the soffit let birds and wasps in, and a nesting gap is closed only once it is empty.
Flats, and thatch. More than a quarter of homes in Ringwood are flats, and the gutter on a block belongs to the building, not to one flat. The freeholder or managing agent has to agree the scaffold and the cost, and a larger job can need leaseholders consulted under section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, so bring them in early. The thatched cottages on Coxstone Lane are the other exception: thatch usually has no gutter at all, and the fix for water at the foot of the wall there is drainage along the drip line.
How it runs
Renewing fascias, soffits and gutters, board by board
Thomas Hannen comes out and prices your guttering himself. He walks each run from the ground, tests the fascia with a screwdriver where the paint has blown, looks up at the soffit for gaps and nests, and follows every downpipe to see where it empties.
In writing you get a figure for the tower or scaffold, then for each elevation: taking down the old timber and gutter, new fascia and soffit boards and any bargeboard, the gutter with its outlets and downpipes, and the waste.
How we reach it depends on the street. A gutter over the pavement in the town centre means a tower or scaffold on the footway, which needs a licence from Hampshire County Council before we can start. A bungalow in Poulner usually works off a tower on the drive, and a block of flats needs the scaffold agreed with the managing agent.
Thomas is the one person you ring from the first visit to the last bracket. Old boards come off and are never capped, so the rafter feet can be seen, and any rot there is photographed and priced before we carry on. We aim to leave the gutter working and the ground swept at the end of each day, and the old timber and plastic leave with us.
Like for like gutter and fascia renewal needs no application and nothing from building control. On a listed building, swapping cast iron for plastic needs listed building consent first, and inside the Ringwood Conservation Area it is worth checking with New Forest District Council before the look of the front changes.
Cost
Rot, height and the length of the run
Guttering work in Ringwood has no fair rate per metre, because a metre over a bay window is not the same as a metre along a plain gable, and a metre over the High Street pavement is different again.
How high, and over what. A three storey frontage on the pavement, a flat above a shop and a bungalow on a post-war estate are three different set ups. The work at height rules are why the tower or scaffold sits on a line by itself.
Behind the old board. A rotten fascia is often only the sign. If the rafter feet or the wall plate have gone soft, they need cutting back and splicing, and nobody can know that until the board is off.
Pipes and where the water ends up. Every downpipe adds time. A pipe that empties straight onto the ground beside a wall should go to a drain or soakaway, and Approved Document H sets how rainwater should discharge, so reconnecting it goes on the quote as its own line.
The detail, and the material. Corners, hoppers, bay returns and stop ends take time, and so does hanging the gutter to a proper fall. Cast iron is heavier to handle at height and slower to restore than plastic is to fit.
Ask other firms whether the old fascia comes off or gets clad, whether the tower or scaffold and any footway licence are included and who applies for it, what happens if the rafter feet are rotten, and whether the brackets, outlets and downpipes are all in the price.
If a section has come away
A gutter hanging loose, or water down the front wall
A length of gutter pulled away from its brackets, or a snapped downpipe, needs people kept clear of the ground below, and you should not climb up to it yourself. The next heavy rain will run down the wall and into the brickwork, and on a pale painted or rendered front it leaves a dark streak you can see from the street. Phone us and leave the form for later.
Scheduled work Mon to Fri, 8am to 6pm. Something urgent? Ring, and if we miss you we call back. On the first visit we make the loose section safe, refix or prop it so the water runs away from the wall, and see how far any rot goes before pricing the proper repair.
Worth knowing
If the gutter is over the pavement, the pavement is part of the job
Ringwood's High Street, Market Place and West Street are lined mostly with two storey 18th century buildings with low eaves, and the council's 2003 Ringwood conservation area appraisal notes that in the principal historic streets the building line sits almost always at the back edge of the pavement. The gutter on those fronts hangs over a public footway, with nowhere to stand a ladder that is not the highway.
A scaffold or tower standing on or over the footway needs a licence in writing from the highway authority under the Highways Act. Ringwood is in Hampshire, so that licence comes from Hampshire County Council, not from BCP or Dorset. A skip on the road needs its own permit too. Both take time to arrange and both cost money, which is why access sits on the quote as its own line.
The licence decides the timing as well: we would sooner book one week where the platform goes up, the run comes off and the new boards, gutter and downpipes all go back before it comes down, than close the same footway twice. Many of these fronts are painted white or cream, so fix the leaking joint before you redecorate, or the streak comes straight back.
Who you are dealing with
Who looks at your roofline
Bournemouth Roofing & Building Ltd covers Ringwood from our base in Boscombe, 8 miles away, including the town centre, Poulner, Hightown, Burley and Fordingbridge, with Ashley Heath just over the line in Dorset. Ringwood itself is in Hampshire, so New Forest District Council handles planning and building control and Hampshire County Council the roads and footways.
Company number 15471719 belongs to Bournemouth Roofing & Building Ltd, registered in England and Wales, so you can look us up in a minute. The owner, Thomas Hannen, looks at your roofline and prices it in person. There is a 10 out of 10 from a verified Checkatrade customer. Visit and itemised written quote are both free. Before you book a visit in Ringwood, you can read our customers' Google reviews, word for word, on our reviews page.
Questions
Questions about guttering in Ringwood
Should we repair the gutter or replace it?
Repair it if the channel is sound and the fascia still holds a screw. A leaking union, a sagging length or a loose bracket is a small job. Replace it when the plastic has gone brittle, the joints keep failing one after another or the boards behind are soft, because then each repair just moves the leak along the run.
Is the tower or scaffold on the quote?
Yes, as its own line. Where the gutter hangs over the pavement in the town centre, that line covers the footway licence from Hampshire County Council and says who is applying for it, so access never turns up later as an extra.
Should we keep the cast iron?
If it is sound, usually yes. What fails on iron is the joints, the bolts and the paint, not the metal, so taking the run down, re-bedding the unions and painting the back as well as the face is often the better job. On a listed building it may be the only option.
Can new gutters go on the old boards?
Only if the fascia is solid. The brackets have to screw into something that will hold them, so we test the timber first. A new run on a soft board sags again in the same place.
How long does it take?
A gutter repair is often done in a few hours. A full roofline on a semi is usually two days, one for the boards and one for the guttering and clearing up. A town centre terrace can take longer because of the access and the licence, and that is priced and programmed up front.
Do I need to be home, and do you work in winter?
Not for outside work, as long as we can reach every side of the house. We do need you, or the managing agent for a flat, to agree any rot we find before it is fixed. Guttering goes ahead through winter. High wind or heavy rain stops work at height, and then we move the day and tell you.
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