07725 314415Gutter Repair & Drain Clearing in Honiton
Fix leaking joints, replace broken sections and unblock the drains and gullies underneath. We work all over Honiton and the surrounding Devon area — Honiton High Street, St Michael's Church, Heathpark and the towns between.
The Moore & Franks approach in Honiton
Honiton's long Georgian high street is lined with rendered townhouses and lace-merchant frontages, and a good number still run original cast-iron guttering that leaks at the joints and marks the render below. Tucked low in the Otter valley with dense woodland around, the town's downpipes fill fast — the mature trees along New Street and the lanes out to Gittisham drop straight into the runs. Out at Heathpark and the newer estates the issues are dropped brackets and failing hoppers instead. We reseal and refit leaking joints, replace tired hoppers and downpipe sections, and clear blocked gullies, treating the older cob-and-lime properties gently. Devon family business, twenty-five years of it, fully insured — and a free quote first.
Out in the lanes towards Combe Raleigh and Dumpdon Hill it is farmhouse and barn-conversion country, and those buildings throw up gutter work you do not get in town. Big roof spans feed long runs and oversized hoppers, often on stone or rendered elevations a fair way off the ground. We handle the height, re-fix the brackets on runs that have dropped under years of wet leaf, reseal or replace the failed joints, and match the heavier profiles these older buildings tend to carry.
Within the town the gully drains are half the trouble. The mature trees around St Michael's and the churchyard shed straight into the runs below, and the water carries down to gullies that silt up and back the whole system up from underneath. A sound gutter still floods when the drain beneath it is choked. We rod the gullies clear, reset the downpipe shoes so they feed squarely, and flush each run to prove the water gets away.
On the modern estates around Heathpark and off Hayne Lane the guttering is uPVC and the faults are the everyday ones — slipped brackets and hardened seals — but the woodland around the town means even a freshly fixed run silts up again if it is left. Once we have sorted a repair we give you an honest steer on how often the runs and gullies are worth a clear-out, because in this valley the leaf never really stops coming.
Our Honiton customers are typically within 25 minutes of our Exeter base. We cover the wider EX14 postcode area and the surrounding villages (Honiton High Street, St Michael's Church, Heathpark, Dumpdon Hill, Gittisham, Combe Raleigh, River Otter).
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.
- 02
Repair the gutter
Joints re-sealed or replaced, brackets re-fixed for correct fall, broken sections and hoppers swapped to match the existing system.
- 03
Clear the drain
The gully drain and gully under the downpipe cleared and rodded so the water runs away properly.
- 04
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 quote each job individually — there is no fixed rate. The outlying farmhouses and barn conversions with big roof spans and long runs are a larger job than a leaking joint on a High Street townhouse, so we price on the length, height and access. The assessment and written quote are free.
All of EX14 — the High Street and the streets off it, out to Heathpark and the estates off Hayne Lane, and the lanes towards Gittisham, Combe Raleigh and Dumpdon Hill. It is about twenty-five minutes from Topsham, so Honiton and its surrounding farms are a regular run for us.
Yes. The town has plenty of cob-and-thatch survivors and lime-rendered frontages, and these need gentle, breathable handling and matched heavy profiles rather than a plastic patch. We fix the leaking joint or failed section sympathetically, because a dripping gutter does real harm to soft historic render if it is left.
We do — the farmhouses and barn conversions in the lanes around Honiton are a good part of our work, and the distance is no problem. We work weekdays, eight until five, reply to every enquiry the same day, and the quote is free with no obligation.
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Send a couple of photos or book a site visit — fixed price in writing before any work starts.