Gutter Cleaning in Morpeth: Wet Sludge and a Gutter Squeezed Against a Lower Roof ($330)

Geoff's single-storey home in Morpeth has a green corrugated metal roof, and one run of gutter sits wedged in tight against an attached lower roof. That kind of gutter is easy to forget about because you can barely see into it, and this one was holding wet black sludge and leaves.

The job at a glance

• Customer: Geoff

• Location: Morpeth

• Property: Single-storey home

• Roof type: Corrugated metal, with an attached lower roof

• Problem: Wet black sludge, leaves and a clump of dry grass in the gutters

• Service: Gutter vacuum cleaning

• Price: $330

• Result: Sludge and leaves out, gutter channels open

The problem

The front gutters had leaves sitting in wet, dark muck, the kind that holds water against the gutter.

Before: leaves and wet debris in the front gutter

The trickier section was the gutter running between the main roof and the lower roof beside it. It was packed with black sludge and leaves, and there's very little room to get at it by hand.

Before: the boxed-in gutter full of sludge and leaves

At one corner, a clump of dry grass had caught where the two roof sections meet.

Before: dry grass caught at the gutter corner

What Turbovac did

Mark vacuum cleaned the gutters, including the tight section against the lower roof, where the vacuum hose can reach along a gutter that's awkward to clear by hand. Turbovac works from the ground wherever possible, with ladders and harness where access needs it.

The result

After: the gutter beside the lower roof, cleared

After: close-up of the cleared channel between the two roofs

The old gutter still shows some staining, but the sludge and leaves are gone and the channel is open for water to run to the downpipes.

After: a cleared gutter along the side of the house

What it cost

This clean was $330, quoted up front for Geoff's single-storey home. Standard homes start from $250.

Got a gutter you can't see into?

Gutters tucked against a pergola, patio or lower roof are often the ones that overflow first. Call Mark on 0431 103 323 or visit turbovac.com.au for a fixed-price quote.

Related: see our Maitland gutter cleaning page for more local jobs.