We look first
From the ground along the whole run. On a house near the beaches the two elevations are usually in different condition, and that difference is what tells us how often it will want doing.
Gutter Cleaning in Ballymoney, Co. Wexford
Once a year is the standard answer, and on this stretch of coast it is the wrong one. Salt and sand do not stop for a season, so a Ballymoney gutter fills at a steadier rate than an inland one and needs looking at more often than most people expect.
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An honest interval
Including when the answer is: it will keep.
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Sea side and shelter side
They fill at different rates here.
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Cleared, not skimmed
The heavy material is the problem.
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From €75
The number comes first, then the visit.
The Ballymoney year, run by run
Each season puts something different into the channel.
WinterSalt-laden storms, the heaviest spell
SpringSand off the beaches on dry, breezy days
SummerQuietest, and the best time to catch up
AutumnLeaf from the sheltered lanes
Why once a year does not hold in Ballymoney
Two different patterns on the one house, which is why a single interval rarely fits.
Sea-facing runs: salt and sand
Properties near the North and South beaches take salt mist and windblown sand year-round, with the worst of it in winter storms rather than autumn. Both are heavy and both go to the bottom of the channel, so these runs fill steadily rather than seasonally.
Sheltered runs: pollen and leaf
Around Tara Hill and the lanes behind it the pattern is the ordinary one — pollen in early summer, leaf in autumn. Those runs can genuinely go a year. The two sides of the same house often want different intervals.
Holiday properties: nobody watching
A house used for part of the year can fill through a whole season with no one there to see it come over. That is not a faster fill, it is a longer gap before anyone notices, and it is why so many first clears here are heavy ones.
The pattern around Ballymoney is clear enough once you have done a few: sea-facing runs want looking at about twice as often as the sheltered side. We will tell you which yours is when we have seen it, and if the answer is that it will keep until autumn, that is what you will hear.
How a Ballymoney gutter visit runs
Four steps, and the first one decides the price.
The run is cleared
Salt-bound sand and silt come out of the channel rather than being moved along it. Where it has set from wetting and drying it is lifted out in sections.
The length gets walked
Every section, corners and returns as well, because the part still holding material is usually the part nobody passes. The runs are what we clear.
The last ten minutes
Bagging, loading and putting the ground back. Then you get told what the run was actually like, which is sometimes better news than people fear.
Everything the visit covers in Ballymoney
The run, on both sides of the house.
The Ballymoney round, and what else is on it
We are past here often enough that a single gutter clear is no bother to fit in.
The village, the roads down to the North and South beaches, and the lanes behind Tara Hill, with Courtown and Ballycanew on the same run.
Wider out we cover Gorey and Oulart, with Curracloe further down the coast. Send a photo from the ground and we will tell you what it needs.
What you get in Ballymoney
Every visit, not as extras.
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Both elevations clearedThe seaward run is usually the heavy one.
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The whole accessible runNot just the length you can see.
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An interval you can trustTold straight, from what came out.
Doing the roof as well?
Half of any visit is the getting ready. Book the two together and that happens once — and the order matters, so the roof goes first and the runs are cleared after it.
See roof cleaning in BallymoneyQuestions about how often gutters need doing
The honest answers, including the ones that cost us a visit.
How often should gutters be cleared around here?
Sea-facing runs near the beaches usually want looking at about twice as often as the sheltered side of the same house. Rather than put a number on it blind, send a photo and we will tell you what yours needs.
Is it worth doing before winter or after?
Before, if you are only doing it once. The heaviest spell here is the winter storms rather than the autumn leaf, so going into December with a clear run is worth more than clearing it in February.
Do you do the whole gutter?
We clear the runs — every accessible length of channel along the roofline, emptied and taken away. The run is walked end to end before we pack up.
What does it cost around Ballymoney?
Gutter cleaning starts at €75. Where yours lands depends on the metres of gutter, the state of it, and what is in the way. One photo from the driveway and you will have a price the same day.
Book a gutter clear in Ballymoney
Give us the basics and you will have a date and a figure back. Gutter work starts at €75.