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New rainwater goods, hung to hold their fall.
A gutter that sags is a gutter that blocks again next autumn. Most of getting this right is bracket centres, fall and what the fascia behind it is nailed to — none of which you can see from the ground, which is why so much of it is done badly.
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Gutter installation.
We take the old run off first and look at what is behind it. On a house where the gutter has been overflowing for years the fascia is usually soft at the joints and the rafter ends can be soft with it. Boarding straight over that is the quick way to do the job and the reason somebody will be doing it again in eight years, so anything rotten gets cut back to sound timber and spliced before a new board goes on.
Then it is brackets at proper centres — around 800mm on uPVC, closer either side of a joint — set to a fall of roughly three millimetres to the metre so the run actually empties towards the outlet. uPVC in half-round or ogee to match the street, or aluminium where the run is long, exposed or facing the sea and you would rather not do this again.
Downpipes are the part that gets forgotten. They want clipping properly and they want to discharge into something — a back-inlet gully or a proper connection, not onto a paving slab next to the wall, which is how you end up with damp at skirting level and a survey report about it when you sell.
What the job covers
- Old guttering, fascia and soffit stripped and taken away
- Rafter ends checked, and rotten timber cut out and spliced
- New fascia and soffit board, or the existing timber made good
- Brackets at proper centres, set to a working fall
- uPVC in half-round or ogee, or seamless aluminium
- Cast iron replaced like for like where the house calls for it
- 10mm continuous over-fascia ventilation into the loft
- Downpipes clipped and connected into the gully or drain
Also called New gutters and downpipes · Gutter replacement · Fascias and soffits · uPVC guttering · Aluminium guttering
Want a price for this?
Describe what you can see from the ground and we'll tell you what it is likely to be. Coming out to look costs nothing.
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Worth knowing.
- uPVC or aluminium
- uPVC is the sensible default and does the job for decades. Aluminium is worth the extra on long, exposed or seaward-facing runs, and it does not go brittle.
- Ventilation
- New fascia is the moment to get air into the eaves. A loft that cannot breathe grows condensation on the underside of the felt and drips on the insulation.
- Matching the terrace
- Black half-round on a Victorian street, ogee on most post-war estates. We will tell you what the rest of the row has before you choose a colour.
- How long it takes
- Front and back of a standard semi in a day, off ladders or a tower. Add time if the fascia turns out to be carrying rot.
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The rest of gutters, fascias and soffits.
These sit alongside this one under gutters, fascias and soffits. If yours turns out to be one of those instead, the price is worked out the same way.
The other things we do.
Most jobs turn out to be more than one of these at once. If you're not sure which you need, describe what you can see and we'll work it out.
Slating and tiling
Nearly every pitched roof on this coast is slate. Stripping them, re-covering them, matching them to the terrace next door and putting stone back on the ones that had it.
Flat roofs
Fibreglass, EPDM rubber and torch-on felt for extensions, dormers, garages and porches. Laid to falls so water actually leaves the roof.
Repairs and leaks
Slipped slates, cracked tiles, failed valleys, damp patches on the ceiling. We find where the water is getting in before we quote for anything bigger.
Chimneys and leadwork
Repointing, flaunching, chimney removal and rebuilds, plus lead flashings, valleys and soakers cut and dressed on site.
Gutters, fascias and soffits
The cheapest part of the house to look after and the one most often left. Clearing, repairing and replacing gutters, downpipes, fascias and soffits.
Storm damage
Emergency call-outs, tarpaulins and temporary covers when the weather comes in off the Irish Sea. We work with insurers and can supply photos and reports.
- Roof maintenanceGeneral maintenance · Annual roof check · Roof survey · Moss removal
- Commercial and industrial roofingIndustrial and factory roofing · Factory roofing · Farm building roofing · Warehouse roofing · Commercial roofer
- Roof windows and glazingRooflights · Sky lights · Roof glazing · Daylight into a loft
- Roofing materialsRoofing material · Roofing supplies
Get a price for the new guttering.
Coming out to look costs nothing and there's no call-out charge. You get a written price before anyone lifts a slate.
Fill this in and we'll come back to you the same day, usually within a couple of hours. If water is coming in right now, don't type — phone.
07743 455071- 01We ring you back to talk through what you've got.
- 02We come out and look at the roof properly, free of charge.
- 03You get a written price with nothing hidden in it.