Gutter Cleaning in Woongarrah: Double-Storey Home with a Blocked Alfresco Roof ($440)

5 days ago

2 min read

Leanne's home in Woongarrah is a double-storey house with a concrete tile roof and a metal-roofed alfresco area at the back. The gutters across the back of the home were full of debris, and the alfresco gutter was fully blocked.

The job at a glance

Customer: Leanne
Location: Woongarrah (Central Coast)
Property: Double-storey home with an alfresco area
Roof type: Concrete tile, metal alfresco roof
Problem: Gutters at the back full of debris, alfresco gutter fully blocked
Service: Gutter vacuum cleaning, including the alfresco roof
Price: $440
Result: Gutters emptied and the alfresco gutter flowing again

The problem

The gutters along the back of the house had filled with debris that had broken down into something closer to soil than leaves.

Concrete tile roof gutter filled with soil-like debris, Woongarrah — Before: the gutter filled with soil-like debris

Dark debris packed along a tile roof gutter at the back of a home in Woongarrah — Before: dark debris packed along the tile roof gutter

At one of the downpipe outlets, wet sludge and seed husks were sitting in the gutter, which is how outlets end up blocked.

Downpipe outlet sitting in wet sludge and seed husks, Woongarrah — Before: sludge around a downpipe outlet

With garden trees right beside the roofline, leaves were lining the gutters too.

Leaves lining a tile roof gutter next to garden trees, Woongarrah — Before: leaves along the tile roof gutter

An alfresco roof is low and catches whatever drops off the main roof above it. On this job its gutter was fully blocked, so rain on the alfresco had nowhere to drain.

What Turbovac did

Mark vacuumed out the gutters on the house and cleared the alfresco gutter. Turbovac works from the ground wherever possible, with ladders and harness where access needs it.

The result

The alfresco gutter, cleared:

Alfresco metal roof gutter emptied after vacuum cleaning, Woongarrah — After: the alfresco gutter emptied

Alfresco roof gutter beside garden trees after cleaning, Woongarrah — After: the alfresco gutter beside the garden

Alfresco metal roof and gutter after cleaning, with hedges alongside, Woongarrah — After: the alfresco roof and gutter

What it cost

This job was $440, quoted up front. Standard homes start from $250; double-storey homes cost more because of the extra height and roofline.

Got an alfresco or patio roof?

Lower roofs like alfrescos and patios collect debris from the main roof and are easy to forget. Call Mark on 0431 103 323 or visit turbovac.com.au for a fixed-price quote.

Related: see our Lake Macquarie gutter cleaning page for more jobs nearby.