Gutter Cleaning & Clearance in Dawlish

The Moore & Franks approach in Dawlish

Dawlish sits hard against the sea wall and the railway, taking storm spray and salt-laden wind that few inland towns ever see. The colour-washed Victorian terraces along the Strand and the bungalows up on the hills all share the same problem — exposed guttering that corrodes at the joints and fills with wind-blown grit and gull debris. When a downpipe blocks here, a single Channel storm can have water pouring off the roof in minutes. Moore & Franks vacuum every gutter clear from the ground, flush the downpipes, and flag any joint the salt air has started to eat. Family-run, fully insured, and 25 years of working Devon's coast.

The steep, wooded valleys behind the town — Holcombe and the Smugglers Lane side — are the part people forget when they think of Dawlish as purely a seaside spot. Those slopes drop leaf and shade onto north-facing roofs that then never properly dry, so moss builds and washes into the gutters as a wet sludge. We clear it from ground level, pull the hoppers clean, and flush each downpipe so the run empties instead of holding water through the winter.

Out toward Secmaton and Sandy Lane the newer estates bring light render and silicone finishes with modern plastic guttering, and they show coastal grime and roof runoff quickly. Up on Barton Hill the semis catch the wind off the sea square-on. Whatever the age, a run that overflows here marks a pale wall in a single wet spell. We keep the gutters clear and the downpipes carrying so that water goes where it should rather than down the render.

A lot of Dawlish properties are holiday homes, retirement bungalows and lets near the Warren, and their owners often want the whole thing handled without a ladder ever coming out. We do the lot from the pavement, bag the debris, and can send pole-camera footage so an absent owner sees exactly what was in the runs. Booking a yearly clear before the autumn means the gutters are ready for the winter storms rather than blocking during one.

Our Dawlish customers are typically within 25 minutes of our Exeter base. We cover the wider EX7 postcode area and the surrounding villages (Dawlish Warren, Dawlish Water (the Black Swans), Cockwood, Holcombe, Barton Hill, The Strand).