07725 314415Gutter Cleaning & Clearance in Topsham
High-power vacuum clearance from ground level. No ladders against your house. We work all over Topsham and the surrounding Devon area — The Strand & the Quay, Goat Walk riverside path, Bowling Green Marsh and the towns between.
The Moore & Franks approach in Topsham
Topsham's historic Dutch-gabled merchant houses and tight Strand terraces are gorgeous, but their gutters are a job in themselves — old cast-iron and ogee profiles, awkward valleys, and rooflines that sit close to the estuary's leaf-heavy trees. With the river right there, damp is already a factor, so a blocked downpipe spilling down a period wall is the last thing you want. We're based moments away on Ferryman Way in Topsham, which makes this our closest patch of all. Moore & Franks vacuum the lot clear from ground level, flush the downpipes, and treat older guttering with the care it needs — no ladders ratcheted against fragile cast-iron. Family-run, 25 years on Devon roofs.
Away from the old quayside streets, the Exeter Road and Riverside estates are a different kind of property altogether — 1970s-onward semis and modern rendered homes with plastic guttering that still blocks every bit as readily. Estuary grime and roof moss wash into the runs, and because these houses sit lower toward the marsh the damp hangs about. We clear each length from the ground and flush the downpipes so water is not backing up under the fascia where you cannot see it.
The old core is a maze of narrow lanes and pinched parking, and the streets running down toward the Goat Walk and Monmouth Street sit tight against each other. We work the whole run from the pavement with the vacuum poles, so there is no need to close off a lane with a tower or ask a neighbour to move a car for a ladder. It keeps a clear on a busy Fore Street terrace quick and undisturbed, even mid-morning with the shops open.
A good number of Topsham homes are second properties and lets close to the water, and plenty of long-standing residents would rather not be dealing with ladders themselves. We are glad to arrange access, send footage from the pole camera so an absent owner can see the state of the runs, and set the place up on a yearly clear. It takes the job off the mind of anyone who is not around to keep an eye on the roofline.
Our Topsham customers are typically within 10 minutes of our Exeter base. We cover the wider EX3 postcode area and the surrounding villages (The Strand & the Quay, Goat Walk riverside path, Bowling Green Marsh, Fore Street, Darts Farm, Topsham Lock).
A clear, repeatable process.
No surprises, no upsells. The same method every job — that's how you get the same result every time.
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Survey & quote
We confirm run length, height and access before quoting a fixed price.
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Vacuum clearance
High-power wet-vac with carbon-fibre poles clears every run from the ground.
- 03
Downpipe check
Each downpipe flushed and checked for blockage; minor blockages cleared on the spot.
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Tidy up
Any debris that fell during clearance is collected and removed — borders left clean.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers to the questions we get asked the most. If yours isn't here, drop us a line — we reply same day.
Standard semi-detached and detached houses start from £80 + VAT, with small bungalows often less. In central Topsham it is the tight streets and limited parking, not the height, that can add a little to a job, so we always confirm a fixed figure after looking at the run.
The whole of Topsham and out to Darts Farm, Topsham Lock, the Riverside and Exeter Road estates and down to the Quay. We are a couple of minutes away on Ferryman Way, so the EX3 postcode is genuinely our home ground and nothing here is a long trip.
Entirely from the ground. The vacuum draws the debris out through the poles without anything being leant against fragile ironwork, and we flush the downpipe after. Blasting or ladder-work on hundred-year-old cast-iron is how you crack it, so we never go near it that way.
Usually, yes. Being just up the road we can often slot a quick clear between larger bookings, and you will hear back from us the same day. Anyone who would rather forget about it we put on a yearly return before each autumn.
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Send a couple of photos or book a site visit — fixed price in writing before any work starts.