We look first
The first ten minutes are spent looking rather than working. The sea-facing elevation is nearly always the heavy one here, and knowing which side carries the weight is what makes the quote honest rather than a guess.
Gutter Cleaning in Rosslare Strand, Co. Wexford
Most people asking about gutters here are really asking about ladders — against the render, on soft ground, at a house that is empty half the year. The short answer is that the work happens from the ground, and nothing leans on your walls.
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Nothing leans on the house
No ladder feet, no marks on render.
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No one needs to be home
Common here, and no bother to us.
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The whole run
Sea-facing side and the sheltered one.
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From €75
Sent to you in advance, in writing.
Why access is the question in Rosslare Strand
Between the salt, the sand and the houses that sit empty, this is not a place where a ladder is the sensible answer.
Render that shows every mark
Coastal houses here are nearly all rendered, and a ladder foot on soft ground with a wall at the top of it leaves two marks: one where it rests and one where it slips. Working from the ground removes the question entirely.
Houses closed between visits
Plenty of properties on Strand Road, Coast Road and The Burrow are used for part of the year. A run can fill through a whole season with nobody there to notice, so the work often has to happen with the house locked and empty.
Salt and sand, not leaf
Fine salt film after every wet or windy spell, and sand carried on the sea breeze. Both are heavier than leaf and both settle into the bottom of the channel, which is why a Rosslare run can be full without looking full.
We work Rosslare Strand, Rosslare and the roads out towards Tagoat regularly. Owners who are not local usually leave a key with a neighbour and hear from us afterwards with a photo of what came out. That suits everybody, and it means the run is not left a season longer than it should be.
Two ways it gets done
One of them puts weight against your walls. The other does not.
Ladder against the house
The old way
- Firm footing needed on every elevation
- Planting and drives in the way
- Repositioned a dozen times on a big roofline
HOW WE DO IT
From the ground
Pole and vacuum
- Reached from the ground, all the way round
- Beds and driveways left alone
- No one needs to be home
How a Rosslare Strand gutter visit runs
Four steps, and you can watch every one of them from the ground.
The run is cleared
Salt-bound sand and packed silt are drawn out of the channel from below. Nothing is dragged along the run, so there is no strain on brackets that have been sitting in sea air for years.
A last look along it
Corner to corner, before we finish. It is the gutter runs we clear, and we would rather find the missed foot of it than you would.
We leave it tidy
Debris goes with us, the ground goes back as we found it, and you get told honestly what the run looked like underneath.
Everything the visit covers in Rosslare Strand
The run, reached from the ground.
What you get in Rosslare Strand
Every visit, not as extras.
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Work done from the groundNothing rests against the render.
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Both elevations clearedNot only the side that shows.
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A photo of what came outUseful when the house is empty.
Doing the roof as well?
Say if the roof is on the list too. Together they are one visit and one set-up, with the runs done last so nothing off the roof is left in them.
See roof cleaning in Rosslare StrandRosslare Strand and the parishes around it
These roads are on our sheet already, so getting to you is not the hard part.
The village, Strand Road and the roads out towards Rosslare and Tagoat, with Kilrane further on. Holiday properties along here are half our work in the spring.
Wider out we cover Wexford Town and Barntown, with Curracloe up the coast. Send it through with a photo and we will come back to you.
Questions about getting at the gutters
Mostly asked by people who are not in the house.
Do you put ladders against the house?
No. The work is done from the ground, which is the whole point on a rendered coastal house — there is nothing resting against a wall, and soft or sloping ground does not change how we work.
Can it be done if we are not there?
Yes, and that is the usual arrangement around Rosslare Strand. We need to be able to get into the garden, so a gate left unlocked or a key with a neighbour is enough. You get a message afterwards with what came out.
What does the visit actually involve?
We clear the gutter channels along the roofline, from the ground. What comes out goes into a bag and away on the van, and the run is walked end to end before we call it done.
How often does a house here need it?
More often than an inland one, because salt and sand keep coming whatever the season. Send a photo and we will tell you honestly whether yours needs doing now or will keep until autumn.
Book a gutter clear in Rosslare Strand
Fill in the essentials and you will hear back with a day and a real figure rather than a range. From €75.