Gutter Cleaning & Clearance in Exeter

The Moore & Franks approach in Exeter

Exeter's a mix of solid Victorian terraces around St James and Newtown, 1930s semis out toward Heavitree, and newer estates ringing the city. Plenty of those older roofs sit under mature limes and planes, so come autumn the gutters fill fast with leaf litter and seed. Left alone, blocked downpipes push water back against fascias and walls, and damp creeps in. We're based just up the road on Ferryman Way in Topsham, EX2 7PU, so Exeter is home turf. Moore & Franks clear every run with a high-power gutter vacuum on carbon-fibre poles — all from the ground, no ladders against your render — then flush the downpipes. No mess left on your drive, and 25 years of doing it properly.

Cranbrook, Newcourt and Monkerton look like low-maintenance modern housing, but the deep uPVC guttering blocks just the same as anything older. Fine roof grit and the first decade of moss wash off silicone render into the runs, and out on that open ground the wind drops seed and dust into every hopper. We clear the length of each run from the drive and check the downpipes are carrying, so the newer builds get the same attention as the old city terraces.

The student and rental roads around Pennsylvania, Duryard and Mount Pleasant are a different job again. Tall three-storey Victorian villas, long shared downpipe runs and back gutters you can barely see from the street mean blockages sit hidden until water is running down the brick. Our carbon-fibre poles reach the top run from the pavement, so there is no scaffold and no ladder leant against the rendered bays. Landlords tend to book us in before each winter to keep the wet out of tenanted rooms.

Down in the older, low-lying parts — St Thomas, Wonford and the Cathedral conservation streets — the Exe valley damp keeps everything wet for weeks, so a gutter that overflows soaks straight into cob and stone that never fully dries. We draw out the debris, put each downpipe through a flush, and lift the moss that has crept over the tile edge into the run. Plenty of Exeter customers put themselves on a yearly visit so it is dealt with before the autumn leaf drop, not after the damage.

Our Exeter customers are right on our doorstep. We cover the wider EX1, EX2, EX3, EX4, EX5 postcode area and the surrounding villages (St Leonard's, Heavitree, Pinhoe, Topsham, Pennsylvania, Exeter Quay).