Guttering in Leigh
Gutters that drain, joints that do not drip, and uPVC fascias and soffits that will not rot. Fitted straight, falls checked, mess cleared. Just south, a few minutes from Hindley Green.
Guttering for Homes in Leigh
A large Leigh villa sheds a great deal of water, and it carries long lengths of guttering along deep, ornate eaves to take it away. When one of those runs sags on its brackets, cracks or blocks solid, it stops feeding the downpipe and tips the water straight down the frontage, leaving the brick behind it wet through. What we do is hang new uPVC guttering that will never rust, gauged wide enough for the volume a big roof throws off, and put fresh fascia and soffit boards up behind it in the one visit, so the full eaves goes back sound in a single line.
We cover Leigh and the surrounding area: Pennington, Bedford, Westleigh, Firs Lane, Plank Lane and beyond (WN7).
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What’s Included
Down on the Pennington and Bedford terraces and the Westleigh semis, the usual culprit is a gutter silted up and forever brimming over, and once it spills in behind the board it soon rots the fascia and softens the timber at the eaves. Where a run is still solid underneath we clear it through and rehang it to the right fall, and where it has gone past that we take it down and start fresh. The aim is the same either way, to get the rainwater off the roof and down the pipe, carried well clear of the wall rather than washing over the front of the house.
- Gutters and downpipes repaired, cleared and replaced
- Falls set true so water reaches the downpipe
- uPVC fascias and soffits, full replacement not overcladding rot
- Ventilated soffits to keep the loft condensation-free
- Half round, square line and cast iron look profiles
- Old timber and guttering removed and disposed of
How It Works
Guttering in Leigh, FAQs
Usually it is. A gutter that is blocked, split or sagging spills over and soaks into the brickwork, and that shows up as damp on the inside wall. We find where the run is failing and put that right, instead of just clearing it out and leaving the real fault there.
Yes. The villas around Leigh have longer runs and deeper eaves than a terrace, so we size the new uPVC guttering and downpipes to cope with the water coming off a larger roof, fascias and soffits included.
One of three things: a blockage, usually moss and leaves at an outlet; falls that have sagged so water sits instead of running; or a gutter simply too small for the roof feeding it. We work out which while we are up there, because clearing a blocked gutter that needs re-falling just moves the overflow to the next storm.
Joints, unions and brackets can all be swapped individually, and on a sound run that is the sensible fix. If the run is brittle, stained and leaking in several places, piecemeal repairs cost more than replacement within a couple of years. We quote whichever your gutters need.
Capping covers rotten timber with a thin plastic skin, and the rot keeps going underneath where you cannot see it, right next to your rafter ends. Full replacement strips the old boards and fits solid uPVC to sound timber. It costs more than capping and it is the only version of the job we are willing to put our name on.