Blocked gutters and downpipes cleared across Dartford, Stone, Swanscombe and the surrounding villages. All from ground level.
Properties near the major routes pick up a fine, greasy road film that ordinary rain doesn’t wash away. It binds the silt and moss granules coming off the roof into a sludge that sits in the bottom of the run rather than draining through, and it’s noticeably heavier work to shift than plain leaf litter.
Add the construction dust that’s been part of life around Ebbsfleet and the Stone Crossing developments for years, and gutters here fill with material that has nothing to do with trees.
Everything is done from ground level with a high reach vacuum system, so nothing leans against your guttering or your fascias.
Gutter Cleaning
Dartford's housing is mostly newer than the rest of Kent, and newer guttering has its own problems.
The post-war estates at Temple Hill, Joyce Green and Princes have plastic guttering on shallow roof pitches. Plastic is more forgiving than cast iron, but it sits lower and the shallow pitch means water moves slowly off the tiles, so debris settles rather than being carried to the downpipe.
The newer developments at Ebbsfleet, Stone and Greenhithe have the same shallow pitches plus something people don’t expect: mortar droppings, roofing grit and construction debris still sitting in the runs years after handover. We find it regularly on properties under ten years old.
The older streets around East Hill, Darenth and the villages out at Sutton-at-Hone, Horton Kirby and Farningham are more conventional, with mature trees and original guttering.
A blocked gutter is the cheapest problem on your house to fix and one of the most expensive to ignore.
Water that can’t drain away runs down the wall instead. On the render and pebbledash common across the post-war estates, that shows as a green stain which is very difficult to shift once it’s established. On the newer developments it marks the light-coloured brick and the render panels.
The road film makes it worse rather than better. Greasy silt holds water in the run instead of letting it drain, so a partially blocked Dartford gutter often overflows before one elsewhere carrying the same volume of debris would.
Once a year suits most properties here. Twice if you’re close to the A2, the crossing approach, or under trees.
No obligation, and no charge for coming to look.
We’ll come out and quote first, so you know the price before anything starts.
On the day, the whole run gets cleared front and back, the downpipes get flushed through as well as the horizontal runs, and everything is bagged and taken away rather than tipped in your borders. We’ll check for splits, sagging sections and loose brackets while we’re there.
Where the blockage is road film and silt rather than leaves, flushing the downpipes matters more than usual. That sludge tends to settle at the bottom of the fall rather than sitting in the run where you can see it.
Where we cover
Temple Hill, Joyce Green, Princes, East Hill, Darenth, Stone, Greenhithe, Swanscombe, Ebbsfleet and Bean, plus Wilmington, Sutton-at-Hone, Horton Kirby, Farningham, Eynsford and Longfield.
We also work right across the rest of Kent, including Gravesend, Sevenoaks, Medway, Maidstone, Ashford, Canterbury, Tunbridge Wells and Folkestone.
Not sure if we come out your way? Give us a call and we’ll tell you straight away.
We also cover Tonbridge, Dover, Deal and everywhere in between.
Gutter Cleaning
The things people ask most before booking.
Tell us what needs cleaning and we’ll come and look at it. No charge, no obligation, and a fixed price in writing before anything starts.
It depends on the size of the property and how much guttering there is. A mid-terrace is at the lower end, a detached with a conservatory towards the higher. We give you a fixed written quote before any work starts, and there's no charge for coming out to look.
Often yes, and sooner than people expect. New builds regularly still have mortar droppings and roofing grit in the runs, and the shallow pitches on modern roofs mean debris settles rather than washing through.
Once a year suits most properties. If you're close to the A2 or the crossing approach, or you've got trees overhanging, twice a year is more realistic. The road film round here is heavier going than leaf litter.
No. Everything is done from ground level using a high reach vacuum system. It's safer for our team and it means nothing rests against your guttering, fascias or conservatory roof.
Yes. We're regularly out at Wilmington, Sutton-at-Hone, Horton Kirby, Farningham, Eynsford, Longfield and Bean, along with the smaller villages in between.
