The job everyone forgets until it overflows
Gutters do their work silently right up until they don't — the first sign of trouble is usually water sheeting over the spouting in a southerly blast, or a damp patch blooming on the eaves. By then, a simple clearing job can turn into repairs. Christchurch's big deciduous street trees, autumn plane-tree leaves and spring seed fluff fill spouting fast, and a single blocked downpipe mouth is enough to back water up along the whole run.
Our gutter service is deliberately low-tech: ladders, gloves, scoop and bucket, working along every accessible run by hand. Hand clearing beats blowers because it actually removes the compacted mat of rotted leaves and moss rather than scattering the loose top layer and leaving the blockage behind. Downpipe mouths get checked and flushed where we can safely reach them, valleys are scooped, and everything we pull out is bagged and taken away — never tipped over the side onto your garden.
Best paired with a window clean
Gutter work pairs naturally with window cleaning, since the ladders are already up and we're already walking the perimeter of your place. Add a gutter clear to any window job and you save the cost of a separate callout — and because we're already at eave height, we'll wipe the gutter exteriors and check your downpipes' brackets while we're there. Most clients book the combo once a year in late autumn, after the big leaf drop but before winter's heavy rain.
We'll also tell you what we see up there. Sagging runs, rusted fixings, separated joins and downpipes discharging against the foundation all get photographed and reported, so you can call a plumber or builder with evidence rather than a vague worry. What we won't do is pretend a clear fixes a broken gutter — if the spouting itself has failed, an honest photo and a straight recommendation beats a temporary tidy every time.
- Leaves, pine needles and seed fluff removed by hand
- Downpipe mouths checked and flushed where reachable
- Moss and grass scooped from spouting and valleys
- Debris bagged and taken away — not left on your lawn
- Gutter exteriors wiped where the ladder already sits
- Problem spots photographed and reported to you