We look first
From the ground, and particularly above wherever the wall is marked. That line is the best diagnostic on the house — it points straight at the section that is full.
Gutter Cleaning in Ballymurn, Co. Wexford
If there is a dark line down the render under one part of the roofline, the wall is not the problem. Water is leaving the gutter at that spot every time it rains, and it will keep arriving there until the run above it is cleared.
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The cause, not the mark
Clear the run and the streak stops growing.
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We find the low point
The stripe tells us where to start.
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Cleared and taken away
It goes in the bag, not down the wall.
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From €75
The number comes first, then the visit.
Why Ballymurn walls stain in one line rather than all over
A full gutter does not spill evenly. It spills where the run sits lowest.
A mixed catchment fills unevenly
Ballymurn has village frontage on one side and open farmland on the other, so what lands on a roofline varies from one end of the road to the other. One elevation can pack solid while the other stays clear.
Water finds the lowest full point
Once a section is blocked, every shower goes over the front at the same spot. That is why the mark on the wall is a narrow stripe with nothing either side of it.
Then the render holds it
Wall that is soaked in the same line after every shower grows algae along that line, and that is the dark mark. Clearing the run stops it spreading; the wall itself can be treated after, if it still needs it.
Around Ballymurn, Crossabeg and Ballykelly the same thing turns up again and again: one stained stripe, and a run above it that has not been looked at in years. The useful photo is of the roofline above the mark.
Two ways to deal with a stained wall
One of them lasts until the next heavy shower.
Clean the wall only
The mark comes back
- Looks right for a few weeks
- Water still arrives in the same line
- The stain grows back from the top down
WHAT WE WOULD DO
Clear the run first
From €75
- The overflow stops at the source
- The wall stays dry between showers
- Treat the render after, if it still needs it
How a Ballymurn gutter visit runs
Four steps, and you can watch every one of them from the ground.
The run is cleared
Bound leaf and field dust come out in sections and go into the bag. Nothing is flushed along the run or down the outside of the house, which would simply put more water on the mark.
We check it end to end
The whole length, corners included, so nothing is left sitting where you cannot see it from the ground. What we clear is the gutter run itself.
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 Ballymurn
The run, along its whole length.
Ballymurn and the parishes around it
We are past here often enough that a single gutter clear is no bother to fit in.
The village and the townlands around it, with Crossabeg and Ballykelly on the same run and Castlebridge towards the harbour.
Wider out we cover Enniscorthy and Wexford Town, with Oilgate and Bree on the same sheet. Send it through with a photo and we will come back to you.
Questions about stains under the gutter
Asked most often after a wet fortnight.
Will clearing the gutter get rid of the stain?
It stops it growing, which is the part that matters. Whether the existing mark will fade depends on how long it has been there and what the wall is made of. We will tell you honestly which you are looking at.
Why is it only in one place?
Because a blocked run spills at its lowest full point and nowhere else. That single stripe is the most useful thing on the house — it points straight at the section that needs clearing.
So what am I paying for?
The accessible gutter runs, cleared out and taken away, with the length checked before we finish. No more and no less, and you know the figure before anyone arrives.
What does it cost around Ballymurn?
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 Ballymurn
Send a photo of the mark and the roofline above it, and we will come back with a day and a price. From €75.