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Blocked, leaking or sagging gutters. Cracked downpipes. The classic autumn brown streak down the render because a hopper’s overflowing. Straightforward work, unglamorous, and expensive to leave.
Fixed price quoted up front after seeing photos and the postcode. No day-rate creep once a number’s agreed. Bands are a starting ring; the real number lands after we’ve seen the job.
| Band | Range | Typical fits |
|---|---|---|
| Small job | £45–£120 | Single clearing and hopper flush, no repairs. |
| Half day | £120–£220 | Clearing plus one or two joint reseals and a downpipe section swap. |
| Full day | £220–£380 | Full house clearing, multi-point resealing, and bracket-fixing replacement. |
| Larger jobs | £380+ | Full section replacements, fascia timber repair alongside, scaffold work - quoted fixed. |
Two Dover-specific gutter problems. First, the easterly wind pattern from mid-October blows leaf litter off the ash and sycamore into gutter runs at a rate you won’t see inland - particularly along the Elms Vale and Barton Road belts. Twice-yearly clearing (mid-November and late March) is more sensible here than the annual sweep you’d do further inland.
Second, salt-corroded fixings. The galvanised gutter brackets a builder put up in the 1990s along the seafront elevations of Marine Parade, Waterloo Crescent, and up on the cliff-top belt have mostly rusted through their fixings by now. Gutter runs sag, then leak at the joints. The right fix is a section reseat with A4 stainless. A2 stainless doesn’t last here.
If the gutter itself is beyond a section swap - a full run rotted through, or a fascia board that’s soft under the gutter and needs replacing before the gutter goes back - we quote the surrounding timber job (see timber repairs) or hand you to a roofer for a full re-gutter run.
On every job
A proper job or you pay nothing 5% off for pensioners 10% off repeat jobs over £500Photos and postcode to hello@doverhandyman.co.uk, call 07763 100 477, or open WhatsApp. Same-day quote in most cases.