Guttering and downpipes in Folkestone and the surrounding patch.

What's covered

• Full gutter clear - leaf litter, moss, moss-and-mortar wash from tile ridge
• Gutter re-align on sagged runs; new brackets where old ones have corroded through
• Downpipe re-fix, offset repairs, gulley-shoe replacement where cracked
• Joint replacement on plastic and cast-iron runs
• Wire-mesh guard fitted on chronic-blockage runs (typically a seafront-facing gutter catching salt-air corrosion as well as debris)

Pricing

Full gutter clear on a standard terraced house (front and rear, single storey plus roof gable): £95 call-out, first hour included, £45 per hour after that, most jobs done inside half a day. Full re-align on a sagged 8-10m run with new brackets: £180-260 including parts. Downpipe swap: £120-180. Cast-iron section swap: quoted individually - matched pattern matters on Leas villa CA stock.

Folkestone-specific notes

Salt-air corrosion. Gutter brackets and fixings on seafront and clifftop properties corrode faster than the same fixings a few streets inland - see salt-air corrosion on Folkestone and Sandgate metalwork. Wire-mesh guards are the fix for chronic annual blockage - £22-32/m installed, one-and-done.

Cast-iron on Leas villa stock. A lot of the grand Leas villas still carry original cast-iron gutter runs. If a section has cracked, matched-pattern cast-iron replacement keeps the Conservation Area appearance - swapping to plastic is discouraged and may need Folkestone & Hythe DC consultation on listed frontages.