Gutter Cleaning — Sussex Street, Brighton

Debris settles wherever water slows down, so outlets and internal corners block first while the straight runs still look passable. Melbourne winter rain is persistent rather than heavy, so a partly blocked system never dries out and standing water sits against the seams.

On a double-storey house the gutter line is out of reach from the ground, so the work was done with a vacuum pole rather than by walking the roof. The runs were cleared first, then the outlets, which needed separate attention once the surface debris was gone. Loose material was pulled back from the roof edges so rain would not wash it back in.

• Gutter runs vacuumed clear of leaf litter and fine debris
• Outlets and internal corners cleared separately
• Accessible downpipes opened and checked individually
• Loose debris removed from roof edges
• Flow test across the full system
• Before and after photographs supplied to the client

• Full drainage restored through runs, outlets and downpipes
• Standing water cleared from seams and fixings
• System clear for the rest of the winter rainfall
• No debris left around the property