Gutter Cleaning Melbourne — Jackson Road, Highett

The roof sits directly under heavy tree cover, and the gutters had not been cleared for about two years. Leaves, twigs and branches had packed the gutter base solid, so water had nowhere to run and nothing could be reached from ground level. Dry leaf litter had also built up across the roof itself — in Melbourne's dry months that load sitting against the roof and in the gutters becomes a real fire risk, and blocked gutters spill over the fascia in the first heavy storm.

The gutters were too compacted to clear from the ground, so the work was done from the roof: branches and larger debris were pulled out by hand first, then the vacuum was run along the full gutter line to lift the remaining packed leaf matter. Removing the coarse material first keeps the vacuum working and avoids scraping tools along the gutter base. All debris was bagged and taken off site rather than dropped around the house.

• Roof access to reach gutter runs that could not be cleared from the ground
• Hand removal of branches and coarse debris from the gutter line
• Vacuum extraction of packed leaf matter along the full gutter run
• Clearing dry leaf litter off the roof surface
• All debris bagged and removed from site — one full green bin

• Gutters running clear after roughly two years without cleaning
• Dry leaf load removed from roof and gutters, reducing fire risk in the dry season
• Debris removed from site, nothing left in garden beds