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Britain's intersemis weren't built with gutters as an afterthought — the whole roofline was engineered to move water off the house. Here's how to spot the original design on your 1930s semi, and why working with it beats replacing it.
A £29 gutter clean sounded like a bargain — until the cracked downpipe, the soaked plasterwork and the £2,000 repair bill landed. Here's how to spot a cut-price cowboy before he's anywhere near your ladder.
We quizzed fifty homeowners on gutter cleaning prices, how often gutters need doing, and what the warning signs actually look like. The results were funny, a bit worrying, and a useful reminder that most people are guessing.
Half of Britain calls them eaves spouts, the other half calls them nothing at all — and that's exactly how guttering problems go unnoticed. Here's a friendly run-through of the words we use every day, plus five plain-English phrases to use when a quote lands on your doormat.
British weather never gives your gutters a day off — each season brings its own particular way of testing them. Here's our month-by-month guide to what's happening up there, and when your guttering is most at risk.
Paying for a gutter clean when the real fault lies further down the line is money down the drain — literally. Here's how to trace whether the culprit is a blocked downpipe, a clogged gully at ground level, or the neighbour's oak before you book anyone in.
Thinking about replacing your guttering but baffled by the options? We've cleaned, mended and swapped out every type going, so here's our straight-talking guide to what lasts, what costs and what actually suits your home.
Buyers' surveyors spot blocked gutters from the pavement, and a single damp stain can knock thousands off your asking price. Here's how to get your guttering sale-ready before the photographer turns up.
Next time the heavens open, make yourself a brew and watch your gutters do their job. Five things to look out for from indoors — and how describing them properly gets you a faster, fairer quote.
If you let a property out, your gutters aren't just a maintenance job — they're a legal, financial and tenant-relations issue rolled into one. Here's how to build gutters into your annual landlord routine before small blockages become big bills.
A terraced house, a 1930s semi and a bungalow might all have gutters, but that's where the similarity ends. We explain how your property type changes the job, the common problems we see on each, and what you can expect to pay to keep them in good nick.
Never had your gutters professionally cleaned and not sure what you're signing up for? Here's an honest, step-by-step account of a typical J & Son visit — from the knock on the door to the final water test — so there are no surprises on the day.
Hopper heads, swan necks, running outlets — guttering has its own language, and most of us were never taught it. Here's a plain-English tour of every part of a typical British setup, so you can describe problems properly and spot when a £15 fitting beats a £1,500 repair.
Wasps in the hopper, a wedding ring down the downpipe, and a frog that had made itself far too comfortable — our crew has seen it all. Here's why the strangest gutter discoveries are exactly the ones you shouldn't tackle yourself.
Blocked gutters don't announce themselves — they just get on with quietly wrecking your home. Here's a year-by-year breakdown of what happens when you leave them alone, and why a £100 clean now beats a £10,000 repair later.
Wondering if that quote you've been given is fair? Here's a straight-talking guide to what gutter cleaning, repairs and maintenance should set you back across the UK in 2025 — and how to spot when someone's taking you for a ride.
After years of clearing gutters across the neighbourhood, we've seen it all — from moss the texture of a thick carpet to a tennis ball that had clearly been up there since the Nineties. Here's what really ends up in UK gutters, and what each strange find tells you about your home.
Every autumn, British gutters take a proper hammering — leaves, rain, and the first frost all arrive within weeks of each other. This checklist walks you through what to check before winter sets in, so small issues don't become expensive ones.
Blocked gutters rarely fail quietly — they give you plenty of warning first. Here are the five warning signs we see on nearly every job, what they cost to sort if you catch them early, and what happens if you don't.