Why is gutter cleaning important?

What you need to know about gutter cleaning

Location: Hucknall, Nottinghamshire

What is the gutters job?

Guttering on your house has a purpose, and that purpose is to ensure that all the water that falls onto the roof, is safely guided down the pipes and into the drains,  simple enough!

What happens when your gutters are blocked?

After time, gutters do become full or blocked. This is due to moss on the roof, leaves that fall and make their way into your gutters, debris dropped by birds and a buildup of algae that is formed. This means that when it rains the water has nowhere to drain down to and it will then sit in your gutters allowing more buildup or it overflows on to the floor below and not into the drainage.

What happens if you don't have a gutter clean?

When gutters are left and you do not have a gutter clean, this allows the water that sits in your gutters to seep into the building and cause damp, mould and structural damage . If water has been overflowing onto the floor below, this will cause algae build up on the floor making it green and slippery.

We often see damage to the side of the house too where water has trickled down the walls causing black/green marks making it unpleasant to look at as well as damaging the brickwork and causing mould on the inside of the wall.

It's time for a gutter clean!

If this sounds all too familiar to you, it's time to get a gutter clean. Our job is to ensure all your gutters are safely cleared out using specific equipment and safety procedures. We can carry out a free inspection and let you know exactly what needs doing. We can also perform small repairs to gutters whilst on the job, giving you peace of mind that everything is going to be working as it should again!

Check out some of these before and after pictures from gutter cleans in Hucknall to see why a gutter clean is so important!

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