Gutter cleaning in Canford Heath

From the ground where we can. Much of Canford Heath is two storey houses and bungalows with gutters at a steady height. A vacuum on a reach pole clears those without a ladder against your wall, and the camera on its tip lets you watch the inside of the gutter on a screen.

By hand where it is heavy. Canford Heath's concrete tiles shed grit and moss, and that settles into a thick sludge at the bottom of the gutter that a vacuum struggles with. Where that has built up we go up a ladder, scoop it out by hand, and bag it rather than dropping it on your beds.

Low garage and porch gutters. Flat roofed garages and porches drain into their own short gutter or straight into a hopper. They are easy to forget and quick to block. We include them.

Render and tile hanging under the eaves. Many houses in Canford Heath have render or hanging tiles on the upper floor. A gutter that overflows for a winter soaks that render, which shows first as a dark or green stripe and later as patches that sound hollow; behind hanging tiles it wets battens you cannot see. Clearing early is cheaper than the repair, and if we see staining or loose tiles under a run, we photograph it for you.

Terraces, courts and shared downpipes. On the Canford Heath terraces and in the parking courts, two houses often share a downpipe, and the back gutters of a mid terrace can only be reached through the house or along a shared footpath. We agree the route with you before the day, lay sheets through the house if that is the way, and tell you when the blockage sits on the neighbour's side of a shared outlet so you can talk to them.

Downpipes, shoes and gullies. Each downpipe gets water run through it while you watch. One that backs up is rodded from the top, and we look at the swan neck, the joints and the shoe at the bottom. A gully clogged with silt is cleared as part of the job.

Small repairs on the day. A union seal dripping, a bracket that has let the run sag, a joint pulled apart by ice. We can refix or reseal those there and then if you agree to it. Brittle old gutters that crack when touched need replacing, which is our fascia and guttering work in Canford Heath, priced separately.

When cleaning will not fix it. A gutter that overflows even when clean has the wrong fall, or an outlet too small for the roof. We tell you, so you are not paying for the same clear twice a year.

No rate per square metre, because a metre of gutter behind a conifer and a metre on an open gable are not the same metre.

Getting to it. A detached house with a garage alongside, a mid terrace where we can only reach the back gutter through the house, and a bungalow with a conservatory under the rear eaves all need different kit. A bungalow run comes off a ladder or a pole, a three storey gable wants a tower, and a valley gutter between two roofs wants a proper platform. The work at height rules are why the access is a priced line rather than something absorbed into a rate.

What is in it, and how far it has travelled. Leaf litter lifts out in minutes. Moss washed off the tiles sets into a wet mat that has to be dug out, and silt in a long run behind a hedge is heavier and slower than anything a photograph shows. The number of outlets matters more than the length, because that is where it packs.

Whether it is a clean or a repair. A joint that drips once it is running again, a downpipe blocked at the shoe, a length of plastic that has sagged between brackets: none of that is clearing, and it is the part that decides whether you are booking an hour or half a day.

Comparing quotes? Ask whether the downpipes are being run through or just the gutter cleared, whether the outlets and hoppers are checked, whether it is a clear or a clear and a check for leaks, and who takes the debris away.

We clear gutters across Canford Heath and the streets around it, from Gravel Hill over to Tower Park, and out to Creekmoor, Oakdale and Broadstone. BCP Council is the local authority, and our base in Boscombe is about six miles away.

You are dealing with Bournemouth Roofing & Building, the trading name of Bournemouth Roofing & Building Ltd, registered in England and Wales, company number 15471719, which you can look up in a minute. Thomas Hannen's business, and he is the one who comes out to price the job, not a salesman. A verified customer's 10 out of 10 on Checkatrade. The visit and the written quote are both free. Before you book a visit in Canford Heath, you can read our customers' Google reviews, word for word, on our reviews page.

Most repairs in Canford Heath need no application at all. What decides whether a change to the outside of your house does is who the council is, whether a conservation area or a listing applies, and whether the place sits in a protected landscape.