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06-02-2021, 05:53 PM
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Handypersons , information about cleaning guttering please.

My gutter is blocked and rain running down the wall .
The window cleaner who cleans my upstairs windows usually empties the gutters for a small fee but he has not been around this lockdown.

So I looked for suitable quotes from tradesmen to clean the gutters, the quotes often seem to includes cleaning the facia boards too (I guess to make the visit worthwhile) .

The one man I have heard from so far says he can clean out the gutter now but doesn't do the facia board till March , I would quite like to have that done too .He has quoted just to clean the gutter

My question is this, don't the gutters have to be removed to clean the facia boards, if so I don't see any point in paying to have the gutter cleaned now and then removing them next month to clean the facia boards I would rather have the job done in one go now.
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06-02-2021, 06:09 PM
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Re: Handypersons , information about cleaning guttering please.

Originally Posted by Meg ->
My gutter is blocked and rain running down the wall .
The window cleaner who cleans my upstairs windows usually empties the gutters for a small fee but he has not been around this lockdown.

So I looked for suitable quotes from tradesmen to clean the gutters, the quotes often seem to includes cleaning the facia boards too (I guess to make the visit worthwhile) .

The one man I have heard from so far says he can clean out the gutter now but doesn't do the facia board till March , I would quite like to have that done too .He has quoted just to clean the gutter

My question is this, don't the gutters have to be removed to clean the facia boards, if so I don't see any point in paying to have the gutter cleaned now and then removing them next month to clean the facia boards I would rather have the job done in one go now.
I would have thought so Meg, otherwise where the gutter sits on the facia board would be still dirty underneath?

Are the facia boards white PVC? Would it be noticeable to your eyes if they weren't cleaned under the gutter?

I appreciate about the wet wall, perhaps you have some container you can shove under the gutter to catch the water, which you'd have to keep emptying every five minutes or so with all the rain ()
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06-02-2021, 06:14 PM
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Re: Handypersons , information about cleaning guttering please.

Originally Posted by Pesta ->
I would have thought so Meg, otherwise where the gutter sits on the facia board would be still dirty underneath?

Are the facia boards white PVC? Would it be noticeable
to your eyes if they weren't cleaned under the gutter?
Hi Pesta my experience of tradesmen has not been good to say the least so I am suspicious around them

Yes the gutter which is brown sits on the white facia boards and yes they are noticeable to my offended eyes . I have tried cleaning them myself with a variety of implements with little success . So it seems sensible to have them cleaned while someone is up there
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06-02-2021, 06:15 PM
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Re: Handypersons , information about cleaning guttering please.

I wouldn’t want to remove the gutter to clean fascias as there’s a good chance of breaking clips, the guttering or losing the seals, it’s likely they’ll just clean out the guttering first, and then clean the fascia,
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06-02-2021, 06:17 PM
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Re: Handypersons , information about cleaning guttering please.

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I wouldn’t want to remove the gutter to clean fascias as there’s a good chance of breaking clips, the guttering or losing the seals, it’s likely they’ll just clean out the guttering first, and then clean the fascia,
Hi Primus so why would they want to wait until next month to clean the boards
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06-02-2021, 06:32 PM
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Re: Handypersons , information about cleaning guttering please.

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Hi Primus so why would they want to wait until next month to clean the boards
Cos it’s too bloody cold...?
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06-02-2021, 06:35 PM
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Re: Handypersons , information about cleaning guttering please.

Originally Posted by Meg ->
My gutter is blocked and rain running down the wall .
The window cleaner who cleans my upstairs windows usually empties the gutters for a small fee but he has not been around this lockdown.

So I looked for suitable quotes from tradesmen to clean the gutters, the quotes often seem to includes cleaning the facia boards too (I guess to make the visit worthwhile) .

The one man I have heard from so far says he can clean out the gutter now but doesn't do the facia board till March , I would quite like to have that done too .He has quoted just to clean the gutter

My question is this, don't the gutters have to be removed to clean the facia boards, if so I don't see any point in paying to have the gutter cleaned now and then removing them next month to clean the facia boards I would rather have the job done in one go now.

Meg, it could be, that your down pipe is blocked, caused by the buildup of leaves ,running down into your down pipe, I have a water butt attached to mine, therefore can easily remove part of the down pipe, I have to do it every few months, you will be shocked what builds up in that down pipe.

I have all of my facia cleaned in the spring, he never removes the guttering, my facia is pvc, so it won’t rot ,unlike wood facia.

Ps,if you can’t remove part of your down pipe, you can flush the blockage down with a hose....your outside hose, someone will probably have to do it for you.
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06-02-2021, 06:42 PM
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Re: Handypersons , information about cleaning guttering please.

Meg, they might remove the gutters to clean, I don’t know, they might also have a supply of clips and guttering on their vans, again I don’t know, I wouldn’t say they’d remove guttering to clean behind unless you specify they do this, and pay accordingly, more likely they will clean out the gutters and wipe down the fascia boards, you would have to see the quote and what they are specifically going to do, not sure why they would come back later to clean the fascia, perhaps they would remove the gutters and need to have some specialist equipment, scaffold tower perhaps.? do you live in a house or bungalow?
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06-02-2021, 06:47 PM
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Re: Handypersons , information about cleaning guttering please.

Originally Posted by Primus1 ->
Meg, they might remove the gutters to clean, I don’t know, they might also have a supply of clips and guttering on their vans, again I don’t know, I wouldn’t say they’d remove guttering to clean behind unless you specify they do this, and pay accordingly, more likely they will clean out the gutters and wipe down the fascia boards, you would have to see the quote and what they are specifically going to do, not sure why they would come back later to clean the fascia, perhaps they would remove the gutters and need to have some specialist equipment, scaffold tower perhaps.? do you live in a house or bungalow?
Hi Primus I live in a 2 story semi detached house. They advertise they have equipment and an illustration on their website shows numerous cherry pickers .
A similar house near here was done a while ago and they took down the gutters and cleaned the boards .They used just ladders.
It just seemed odd to want to come here twice ..
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06-02-2021, 06:50 PM
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Re: Handypersons , information about cleaning guttering please.

Originally Posted by Meg ->
Hi Primus I live in a 2 story semi detached house. They advertise they have equipment an illustration on their website shows numerous cherry pickers .
A similar house near here was done a while ago and they took down the gutters and cleaned the boards .They used just ladders.
Meg, have they quoted for removing the gutters..? if so then happy days, don’t pay them in full until they have come back and finished the job..
 
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