Gutters, fascias and soffits

Half the damp patches in Cardiff bedrooms are a blocked gutter, and the usual fix was a man on a ladder against the plastic, which is how fascias crack. The vacuum does it from the ground: a carbon pole to the gutter, a hooked nozzle, a camera on a second pole so we can show you the moss before and the empty gutter after, and the lot sucked into the drum in the van. A semi takes an hour; the first autumn after a moss-covered roof has been power-washed takes longer and we say so.

The fascias and soffits are the white boards under the roof line and the gutters are brown with twenty years of road dirt; a wash with a soft brush and a mild uPVC cleaner brings them back to white in a morning. It is the thing that makes a house look painted when nothing has been painted, and estate agents send us to do it the week before the photographs. We rinse with pure water so there are no drips down the render afterwards.

Downpipes get checked with a rod and flushed if they are slow; a cracked gutter or a dropped bracket is pointed out and photographed rather than fixed, because we are cleaners and not roofers, and we know two good ones. Conservatory box gutters, flat-roof outlets and the gutter behind a dormer are all reachable with the pole and included in the price for the house.

What is included

• Gutters vacuumed from the ground, no ladders on the fascia
• A camera on a pole: photographs before and after, sent to you
• Downpipes checked and flushed
• Fascias, soffits and gutter fronts washed back to white
• Moss and leaves taken away in the drum
• Cracks and dropped brackets photographed and reported

What it costs

Gutters cleared from £95 (a semi) or £140 (a detached house), fascias, soffits and gutter fronts washed from £120 or £170, both on one visit from £190 or £280, including VAT and taking the moss away. Including VAT. The prices page works a round out from the number of windows; the rounds page gives the day for your street.