Leaves, silt and debris build up in gullies, gutters and downpipes quietly — until the first heavy rain finds every blockage at once. Regular clearing keeps water moving away from your property instead of into it.
Gullies and gutters do their job invisibly, right up until the day they don't. A gully choked with silt and leaves stops surface water draining away, so it pools against the building instead. A blocked gutter overflows down the wall it was meant to protect.
Neither failure is dramatic on its own — but left long enough, both lead to damp, flooding and drainage problems that are far more expensive than the clearing job that would have prevented them.
If it's meant to carry water away and it's stopped doing that, it's worth a call.
Leaves, moss and silt cleared by hand or vacuum so rainwater reaches the ground system instead of the wall.
The gullies that take surface water off driveways, patios and paths — the first thing to choke in autumn.
Channel drains and soakaway inlets kept clear so water doesn't back up across paving or lawns.
Commercial gully runs cleared on a schedule so surface water doesn't become a hazard or a complaint.
Small outlets that cause disproportionate damage when they block — checked and cleared as part of the same visit.
Gutters and ground gullies cleared together on one visit, so nothing gets missed between two separate contractors.
A quick check of every gully, gutter and outlet on the property before we start.
Debris removed by hand or vacuum, whichever suits the access and the job.
Water run through to confirm it's actually draining, not just visibly empty.
You're told about anything that needs following up — a cracked gully, a damaged gutter, a recurring blockage point.
Once a year is a reasonable minimum for most properties, with a second visit in autumn if you're near trees. Commercial sites and anywhere prone to flooding usually benefit from a scheduled round two or three times a year.
Yes — both, and we can do them on the same visit. A lot of flooding and damp problems come from one or the other being missed rather than both being checked together.
It's one of the cheapest ways to reduce the risk. Most surface water flooding at a property starts with a blocked gully or downpipe that simply had nowhere left to send the water.
Yes, for both domestic and commercial customers. A regular round is usually cheaper overall than calling out for an emergency once something's already overflowing.
We'll tell you what we've found and what it would take to sort it — whether that's jetting a connected drain or a CCTV survey to see what's actually happening underground. Nothing extra is done without your say-so.
Call any hour and you'll speak to someone who can book an engineer — no call-out fee, fixed price agreed before we start.
