Gutters are an integral part of any property that often remains both out of sight and mind. However, the guttering system is an essential feature of your home and serves a crucial purpose.

You might not give your gutters much thought beyond making sure they get cleaning occasionally, but they have more of an impact on your home’s appearance than you probably realise. 

As a typical house or conservatory owner, you probably don’t spend your days thinking of gutter problems and health, right?

Do you focus on rainwater slides only when something is wrong?

That might not be the best way to approach gutter maintenance.

Since all types of gutters serve the crucial purpose to channel water away from the foundation of your house, it’s crucial not to leave pipes and brackets at chance. Read the rest of this entry »

When they work correctly, your gutters will go a long way towards protecting your home and minimizing water damage and leaks.

During periods of heavy rain, there is nothing more valuable than fully functioning guttering. But what might be the knock-on effects should you fail to maintain yours properly?

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.

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