We look first
From the ground, front and back. On a terrace the back return is nearly always the heavy end, and knowing that before we start is what keeps the quote honest.
Gutter Cleaning in Wexford Town, Co. Wexford
On the older streets a gutter rarely fills with anything dramatic. It fills with leaf off the mature trees, then that leaf sits in harbour air that never quite dries out, and by February it is a solid layer of black silt.
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Cleared, not just rinsed
The silt is the part that matters.
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Terraces and returns
The awkward lengths, not only the front.
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Nothing left behind
It goes in the bag, not on the path.
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From €75
Quoted from a photo, not on the day.
Why Wexford Town runs turn to silt rather than filling up
It is the damp doing it, not the volume.
Mature trees on the older streets
Plenty of the residential streets and terraces here have big trees close to the houses. What comes off them in October goes straight into the run, and there is a lot of it in a short few weeks.
Harbour air that never dries
Sitting where the town does, the roofline stays damp far longer after rain than it would a few miles inland. Wet leaf does not blow away, so nothing self-clears between showers.
Terraces make it worse to reach
Long shared runs, returns and back gardens mean the part of the gutter that fills first is often the part nobody can see from the street. It is usually well gone before anyone notices.
Around the older streets, Maudlintown and out towards Ardcavan, the pattern is almost always the same: the front looks passable and the return at the back is solid. That is where we start.
What is actually in a Wexford Town gutter
In the order it goes in, which is also the order it has to come out.
- 1Leaf off the street treesThe older residential streets have well-established trees, and they shed heavily into the runs each autumn. This is the part people can see from an upstairs window.
- 2Leaf that has broken downHarbour air keeps the run damp for most of the year, so the leaf does not dry out and blow off. It rots in place, packs down and becomes a dense layer that holds water instead of carrying it.
- 3Black silt in the channelThe end of that process: a fine, wet, heavy material sitting in the bottom of the run. It is the part that holds water long after the visible debris is gone, so the channel is taken down to it rather than skimmed.
How a Wexford Town gutter visit runs
Four steps, and the second is the one that takes the time.
The run is cleared
Bagged as it comes out, working along the run rather than sweeping it. Anything set hard is loosened first, so nothing is torn away from the fixings.
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.
Cleared away, not left
Nothing is stacked at the side of the house. The ground goes back as we found it and you are told plainly how it looked.
Everything the visit covers in Wexford Town
The run, front and back.
Covering Wexford Town and the roads around it
This is on our regular run, which usually means a date inside a week or two rather than a month.
The older streets and the residential roads around them, with Maudlintown and Ardcavan on the same run and Castlebridge a few minutes out.
Wider out we cover Barntown and Curracloe, with Ballymurn and Oilgate up the road. A photo from below tells us most of what we need to know.
What you get in Wexford Town
Every visit, not as extras.
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Front and backIncluding the return nobody can see.
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The whole accessible runNot just the length over the door.
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An honest word on the intervalIncluding when it will keep.
Doing the roof as well?
Booked on the one visit, the roof and the gutters share the set-up rather than paying for it twice. The roof is done first and the gutters after, because everything loosened up there ends up in them.
See roof cleaning in Wexford TownQuestions about what ends up in a town gutter
The ones we get asked at the door.
Why is it black rather than leafy?
Because it has been wet for months. Leaf that cannot dry out breaks down into a fine silt, and that is what you are looking at. It is heavier than it looks and it is the part that stops the run working.
Can you reach the back of a terrace?
Usually, yes. We need to get into the back garden. If access is through a shared entry or a neighbour's gate, tell us when you book and we will sort it out beforehand.
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 in Wexford Town?
Gutter cleaning starts at €75. What your own comes to depends on how much run there is, how far it has gone and how we get at it. Show us the roofline and we will give you the figure, not a bracket.
Book a gutter clear in Wexford Town
Send it through and we will confirm a day and what it comes to. From €75, quoted from your photos.