07725 314415Gutter Repair & Drain Clearing in Exmouth
Fix leaking joints, replace broken sections and unblock the drains and gullies underneath. We work all over Exmouth and the surrounding Devon area — The Beacon, Littleham, Withycombe Raleigh and the towns between.
The Moore & Franks approach in Exmouth
Gutters in Exmouth take a hammering the rest of East Devon doesn't see. The salt-laden south-westerlies off Lyme Bay corrode brackets and joints quicker, and the seafront terraces around The Beacon and Louisa Terrace often run original cast-iron that rusts through at the seams. Out through Littleham, Withycombe and Brixington the shallow-pitched semis overflow at the back when the hoppers silt up, and the mature trees along Maer Road choke downpipes solid every autumn. We refit dropped runs, reseal split joints, replace failed hoppers and downpipe sections, and rod through blocked gullies so the overflow stops streaking the render. Twenty-five years working this coast, fully insured to £5m, and a free quote before we lift a ladder.
Plenty of the property near the seafront and the Marina is let out — holiday flats, second homes and rental terraces that a landlord only really looks at between guests. Gutters get forgotten until a downpipe overflows across a doorway or water starts tracking into a top-floor flat. We are used to sorting these on a turnaround, dealing with an agent or an owner who lives away, resealing the joints and refitting the runs so the next tenant is not calling about a wet ceiling.
On the modern side of town — the K-Rend estates spreading around Liverton Copse and the Dinan Way fringe — the guttering is uPVC, and it is the salt film off the estuary that does the quiet damage. It builds on the brackets and in the joints, holds moisture, and works the seals loose faster than the makers ever planned for. We renew the failed seals, re-clip the loose brackets and swap any downpipe section that has gone brittle in the sun and the salt.
Out towards Lympstone and the quieter estuary lanes the trouble is more often the gully than the gutter itself. Under the downpipe the drain silts up with leaf and grit washed off the higher ground, and the run backs up from the bottom. We clear the gully with the rods, sit the downpipe shoe back over the drain, and run water through the length to prove it drains instead of spilling onto the render.
Our Exmouth customers are typically within 25 minutes of our Exeter base. We cover the wider EX8 postcode area and the surrounding villages (The Beacon, Littleham, Withycombe Raleigh, Brixington, Exmouth Seafront & Marina, Lympstone).
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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Find the fault
We check the full run in the wet if we can — leaks, sags, cracked sections and the gully below — so we fix the actual cause, not just the symptom.
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Repair the gutter
Joints re-sealed or replaced, brackets re-fixed for correct fall, broken sections and hoppers swapped to match the existing system.
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Clear the drain
The gully drain and gully under the downpipe cleared and rodded so the water runs away properly.
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Test & check
We flush the run through to confirm there are no remaining leaks and the drain takes the flow.
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.
We do not work to a fixed price — every repair is quoted on what it actually needs. A seafront run that has corroded through at the seams costs more than a loose bracket on a Brixington semi, so we assess the length, height and salt damage first, then give you a free written quote.
Yes, right across EX8 — from The Maer and Queen's Drive through Withycombe and Brixington, out to the Liverton and Dinan Way estates and along to Lympstone. It is around twenty-five minutes from our Topsham base, so the town is a regular run for us.
Yes. Original cast-iron on the older seafront terraces often rusts at the seams where salt keeps it damp, and once a section is holed it is past resealing. We replace the failed lengths, hoppers and downpipes to match the existing profile, using materials that stand up better to the coastal air.
Often, yes. A lot of local work is on rentals and holiday lets where the owner is elsewhere, so we are happy to liaise with an agent, quote by email and photograph what we find. Our hours are eight to five, Monday to Friday, and we reply the same day.
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Send a couple of photos or book a site visit — fixed price in writing before any work starts.