Rain gutters come in different and diverse forms, shapes and materials. There are enough reasons for that – the financial status of the owners, their desires regarding home styling, expected longevity, expected maintenance required and, of course, climate conditions.

Here in this article, The Guttering London Company will discuss the last factor. It turns out that there is a strong dependence between where you life and what guttering system you are planning to install. Since there are 13 types of climates according to the worldwide climate classification a needed simplification would be made here in order to facilitate the readers: we will split the climates in 3 main different ones – cold, medium and hot, which would reflect winter, autumn and summer, respectively, in an Eastern European country. They have it all there. Read the rest of this entry »

Imagine that you would have to face the challenge of a leaking gutter joint or corner in late fall, leaving you with a couple of damp patches on the wall leading to cracks and whatnot.

You did try to seal it once, but just the next rainy night it leaked again like never?

You then stubbornly repeat the procedure following all the videos and guides on the Internet you have found. According to them, you are doing the right thing, yet again after a week, your gutters are leaking harder than celebrity nude photos lately. Some people understandably prefer to try fixing the issue themselves before calling a professional gutter cleaning, maintenance & repair company like Gutters London.

But sealing rain gutters is not at all as easy as it sounds. There are some “know-how” secrets just as with painting gutters that you need to know of before trying one of those instant leak sealers you can buy online.

Eavestrough maintenance

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