The roof comes first
Moss and growth coming off the tiles has to land somewhere, and it lands in the runs. Clearing them beforehand would mean clearing them again before we left.
Gutter Cleaning in Courtown, Co. Wexford
Most people who ring us about Courtown gutters end up asking about the roof and the walls in the same call. That is the sensible instinct here — the sea gets at all three, and doing them on one visit costs less than doing them on three.
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One visit, one set-up
The part you pay for three times otherwise.
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Top down, in order
Roof first, gutters after. Never the reverse.
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Cleared and taken away
Whatever comes off ends up in our bag.
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From €75
You get the figure before we arrive.
Why Courtown houses are usually a three-job house
It is one problem — sea air — showing up in three places at once.
The roof holds the damp
North-facing and shaded pitches near the coast pick up moss and algae, and moss holds water against the tiles. Whatever is treated up there has to come down somewhere, and it comes down into the gutter.
The runs take sand as well as leaf
Courtown and Riverchapel get sand and salt off the sea along with the ordinary leaf from the sheltered lanes. The mix is heavier than leaf alone and it settles rather than washing through.
The render shows it first
Rendered walls near the coast, particularly north-facing ones, pick up green algae and staining. It is the same damp that is sitting in the gutter, arriving on a different surface.
We run regular rounds through Courtown, Riverchapel and the coastal parishes around them. Where a house wants two or three of these done, we do them in one visit and in the right order: the roof first, then the gutters, then the walls, so nothing lands on work that is already finished.
What you get in Courtown
Every visit, not as extras.
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The whole accessible runBoth elevations, not just the seaward one.
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Done in the right orderGutters after the roof, never before.
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One price for the visitQuoted together rather than three times.
Roof, gutters and walls on one visit
The slow part of any visit is arriving and setting up. Do the lot on one day and that happens once, with the rest of the time spent on the house itself rather than on the van.
See roof cleaning in CourtownEverything the visit covers in Courtown
The run, and how it fits with the rest.
How a combined Courtown visit runs
Four steps, and the first one decides the price.
The runs are cleared
Sand, salt-bound silt and whatever came off the roof are lifted out of the channel and bagged. Nothing is pushed along the run.
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.
Then we put it back
Covers up, bags on the van, and an honest word about the state of the run — including when it was better than expected.
The Courtown year, from the roofline down
Each season decides which job is the urgent one.
WinterSalt-driven storms hit roof and walls alike
SpringThe catch-up months, and our quietest diary
SummerDry weeks, the best window for roof work
AutumnLeaf off the sheltered lanes into the runs
The Courtown round, and what else is on it
We work this stretch on a round, so you are not waiting on a van being sent out specially.
The village and the harbour side, with Riverchapel next door and Ballymoney along the coast. If you are on the roads behind the dunes, you are on our sheet.
Wider out we cover Gorey and Ballycanew, with Oulart inland. Send a photo from the ground and we will tell you what it needs.
Questions about doing it all at once
Mostly practical ones about the day itself.
Does booking both save anything?
Generally yes. You are paying for one visit and one set-up rather than two, and the day is spent on the house instead of on arriving at it. Say what you are thinking of and we will quote the lot.
What happens first on the day?
The high work. The runs are cleared after it, because they are where everything that comes off the roof ends up.
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.
Can I have just the gutters done?
Of course. Plenty of Courtown houses only need the runs cleared, and that starts at €75. If the roof genuinely does not need doing yet, we will say so.
Book a gutter clear in Courtown
Say what you are weighing up and we will quote the day rather than the jobs. Gutters from €75.