Gutter cleaning in Moordown

Hipped detached houses. A lot of Moordown's inter-war houses have hipped roofs, which means a gutter on all four sides and an outlet at more than one corner. The front run gets noticed.

The side and back runs of a Moordown house, especially the ones over a narrow passage between two houses, are where the leaves, moss and silt build up for years. We clear the lot, scooping the debris out by hand into a bag, then run water through each section and watch it reach the outlet.

Bays and porches. Many front bays in Moordown have their own short gutter under the first floor window, often draining onto a lower roof or into a small downpipe. It is easy to miss and it overflows straight onto the front door. We clear it from the ladder or a reach pole.

Bungalows. The bungalows in Moordown are quick and we can often do them from the ground with a gutter vacuum on a pole, which means no ladder leaning against a window or a conservatory roof.

Flats over the Wimborne Road shops. The gutters on the parades hang over a busy pavement, and a gutter over a shop sign is not a job for a ladder at the kerb. Where a pole vacuum reaches, we clear it early in the day before the street is busy. Where it does not, it waits for the next time a licensed scaffold or tower is up for other work. The gutter normally belongs to the freeholder, so the quote goes to them or their agent.

Downpipes and hoppers. A clear gutter is no use if the downpipe is packed. We flush each pipe from the top, check the shoe at the bottom and where it discharges, and if it is backing up at a bend we rod it or open the joint. Where a pipe still will not run, a camera down it tells us why.

Small repairs on the day. A joint that drips usually needs a new seal or union, and a sagging length needs a bracket refixed so the fall runs to the outlet again. We can do small fixes like that on the same visit and they are itemised on the quote before we start.

When we would talk you out of it. If the gutter is clean and still overflowing, clearing it again will not help: it is the fall, the joints or the brackets. And if the boards behind it are soft, that is a replacement job for our fascias, soffits and guttering in Moordown page, priced separately.

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 two storey hipped house with runs on every side, a bungalow off a quiet road, and a flat above a Wimborne Road shop with the gutter over the pavement differ more in access than in the work itself. 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 Moordown and the rest of BH9, from Wimborne Road into Winton and out towards Kinson, with BCP Council handling planning and building control. We are based in Boscombe, about two 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 Moordown, you can read our customers' Google reviews, word for word, on our reviews page.

Most repairs in Moordown 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.