Gutter cleaning without ladders

How it works

A high-powered vacuum sits on the drive with a run of light carbon poles feeding up to the gutter line. A camera on the last section shows what is up there on a screen, so the debris is found rather than guessed at, and everything comes down the hose into a drum.

Poles reach a standard three-storey house comfortably. Nothing rests against the fascia, nothing leans on the gutter, and nobody stands on your flower bed.

Why it beats a ladder for the house too

• A ladder against plastic guttering is how gutters come loose from the fascia in the first place.
• The camera means you get a photo of the gutter before and after, rather than a claim that it is done.
• There is no walking on a wet roof, so no cracked tiles and no slipped ridge.
• It is quicker, which is why the price is what it is: £45 for a terrace, £55 semi-detached, £70 detached.

When we still need a ladder

A gutter that has come away from the fascia, a downpipe blocked solid at a bend, or a valley gutter between two roof slopes all need hands on them. In those cases we say so, quote separately, and use proper ladder stand-offs so nothing rests on the guttering.

If a job needs work we do not do, we tell you that too rather than take the money for a clean that will not fix it.

How often

Once a year for most houses, in late autumn once the leaves are down. Twice a year if you have trees overhanging the roof, because one blocked downpipe through a wet winter is how damp gets into a wall.