Dover town centre has Georgian and Victorian terraces, seafront buildings and compact streets below the castle hill. Salt wind, gulls and narrow gutters keep them busy. We clean gutters and downpipes here from £60, with free cobweb cleaning on every gutter clean.
The houses
The centre of Dover is a mix of tall terraced houses, converted flats and seafront buildings, many of them a century or more old. Some terraces have gutters set behind a parapet wall, which cannot be judged from the pavement and often hold years of debris unseen. Others have small half-round cast iron or uPVC runs at the eaves.
What the gutters face
Wind comes straight off the Channel and carries salt, grit and sand. Gulls nest and roost on roofs and chimneys here, which means nesting material, droppings and food scraps end up in gutters. Steep streets mean run-off is fast, so an outlet that clogs overflows quickly.
Streets and patches
We cover Dover town centre and the streets around it in CT16 and CT17, including the seafront terraces, the streets below the castle and the lanes around the main shopping streets. Send your postcode and photos and we will confirm.
Common questions
Can you work on tall terraced houses?
Yes. Send photos and your postcode, and we will say what is possible for your building.
What about gutters behind a parapet?
Hidden gutters need a different approach. Send photos from inside the loft or from a neighbouring window if you can, and we will advise.