Guttering in Hull

Where does the rain go when your guttering fails?

Guttering has one job: collect the water coming off your roof and send it down the downpipe into the drain. When a joint leaks or a run sags, that water lands on the brickwork instead, soaking the wall, staining render and finding its way inside. With the wind-driven rain Hull gets off the Humber, a dripping corner can lead to damp patches on an inside wall within a single winter.

Sometimes a repair is all that is needed: a perished seal in a union, a loose bracket or a downpipe that has come away from its shoe. Older cast iron and early plastic systems, though, often reach the point where every joint is weeping and the plastic has turned brittle. Then a new system is the better use of your money, and we will say so plainly.

Every guttering job we do includes clearing the existing runs and outlets, because a blocked outlet will make even new guttering overflow. We set new runs to a steady fall towards the outlets, fit uPVC systems including Freefoam, and check each downpipe discharges where it should. We also take on commercial guttering, where longer runs and higher eaves usually call for more planning around access.