Gutter Cleaning in Tarro: A Large Home with Awnings, Valleys and a Bullnose Veranda ($550)

Rex's home in Tarro is a large single-storey house with a lot going on at roof level: carport awnings, an extension, a shed, roof valleys and a bullnose veranda. Every place one roof meets another is a gutter or join that collects leaves, so this job was more about the number of joins than any single blocked gutter.

The job at a glance

• Customer: Rex

• Location: Tarro (Newcastle)

• Property: Large single-storey home with carport awnings, an extension, a shed and a bullnose veranda

• Roof type: Concrete tile main roof, metal awnings and extension

• Problem: Leaves, dirt and moss in the gutters where the awnings and extension meet the main roof

• Service: Gutter vacuum cleaning, including valleys

• Price: $550

• Result: Gutters and joins cleared

The problem

Where the metal awnings butt up against the tile roof, leaves and dirt had settled into the gutter between them.

Before: leaves and dirt in the gutter between the tile roof and the awning

The worst spot was a box gutter where the tile roof meets an awning. Dry leaves were packed into the corner, right where the water needs to get away.

Before: dry leaves packed into a box gutter

On the extension, moss had started growing in the gutter between two metal roofs.

Before: moss and dirt between the extension and the awning

Before: leaves filling the gutter beside the awning

Gutters that sit between two roofs are easy to forget, because you can't see into them from the yard. When they fill, the water backs up under the roof sheets instead of draining.

What Turbovac did

Mark worked his way around the whole house, vacuuming out each gutter, the joins between the roofs and the roof valleys. Turbovac works from the ground wherever possible, with ladders and harness where access needs it.

The roof valleys, with the vacuum hoses laid out

The result

After: gutter between the tile roof and the awning cleared

After: gutter between the two metal roofs cleared

What it cost

This job was $550, quoted up front. The price reflects the size of the home and the number of awnings, valleys and joins to clear. Standard homes start from $250.

Got awnings or an extension on your home?

Every add-on roof creates another gutter that nobody can see from the ground. Call Mark on 0431 103 323 or visit turbovac.com.au for a fixed-price quote.

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