Gutter Cleaning & Clearance in Torquay

The Moore & Franks approach in Torquay

Torquay rises in tiers up the hills around its harbour, a mix of grand Victorian villas, seafront hotels and terraced streets that all catch the salt wind and gull traffic of the bay. Those tall, multi-storey properties often have long downpipe runs and ornate hopper heads that block well out of sight, and a single coastal storm can send water sheeting down a painted frontage. Our carbon-fibre vacuum poles clear those long runs from the ground — reaching up to four storeys — and every downpipe gets flushed through. Moore & Franks are a Devon family firm with 25 years behind them and £5m public liability — properly equipped for Torquay's taller, trickier rooflines.

Up through Chelston, Shiphay and Preston the housing is mostly 1930s and post-war rendered semis, and the salt-laden air off Tor Bay keeps that render damp enough to feed green and black staining. It washes off the roof into the gutters and packs down with the leaf off the suburban trees. We clear each run from the ground with the vacuum, empty the hoppers, and flush the downpipes so a blocked run is not sending water down a render wall that will then need soft-washing.

The painted and pebble-dashed terraces of Ellacombe and Upton sit close-packed on steep streets, and their gutters weather quickly in the coastal damp. Access is tight — narrow roads, parked cars, shared downpipes — so working the whole run from the pavement with poles keeps a job quick and avoids blocking the street with a tower. We pull the run clear, camera it if you would like to see, and leave the pavement swept rather than covered in wet leaf.

Torquay has more conservatories, balconies and sea-view glass than most Devon towns, and the gutters serving those extensions clog just as readily as the main roof. Salt spray keeps everything damp and quick to grow. We reach conservatory and balcony gutters from the ground where we can, put the runs through a flush, and set plenty of local owners up on a yearly visit so the gutters are cleared before the wet winters roll in off the bay.

Our Torquay customers are typically within 45 minutes of our Exeter base. We cover the wider TQ1, TQ2 postcode area and the surrounding villages (Babbacombe & Oddicombe Beach, Cockington Village, St Marychurch, Wellswood, Torre Abbey, Kents Cavern).