Gutter Repairs and Replacement, Liverpool and Fairfield

When the gutter is the problem, you usually hear it first

Water slapping onto the path. A sheet of it coming off the front edge during a storm. A damp patch on the wall under a gutter join that will not dry out between rain.

Gutters are the cheapest part of a roof to fix and the part most likely to cause expensive damage when they are ignored. Overflow runs behind the fascia, into the eaves lining and down inside the wall cavity. By the time it shows on the inside wall, the timber behind it has been wet for a long time.

Call (02) 4601 3500 and we will come and look.

The gutter faults we see most in this area

• Rust at the joins and in the back corners. Old galvanised gutters go at the laps and at the low points first.
• No fall, or fall the wrong way. A gutter that was hung flat forty years ago has usually sagged between brackets since.
• Too few downpipes. Very common on houses that have had a rear extension. The roof got bigger. The stormwater did not.
• Debris load. Roof tile grit, wind-blown leaf matter and the sand that washes out of failing ridge pointing all end up in the gutter.
• Gutter sitting too high. The tiles do not overhang into the gutter properly, so water runs behind it onto the fascia.
• Box gutters behind parapets and between additions. These carry a lot of water through a small channel, and when they block they do not spill outside the house. They spill inside it.
• Downpipes into nothing. A downpipe that discharges onto the ground beside the slab, or into a stormwater line that silted up years ago.

Box gutters and additions

This deserves its own warning in Liverpool and Fairfield, because of how many houses here have had a flat or near-flat section added behind them.

When an extension or an enclosed patio runs up against the main roof, the water between the two has to go somewhere. Often the answer was a narrow box gutter or a valley gutter squeezed into that junction. Those details only work if they are wide enough, deep enough, have an overflow, and get cleaned.

When they fail, water does not run down the outside of the house. It goes into the ceiling of the room below. If you have a leak that only shows up in long heavy rain, in a room that sits under a join between two roof sections, this is the first thing we check.

What we do

• Clear and flush gutters, valleys and downpipes
• Repair rusted sections, failed joins, loose brackets and incorrect falls
• Replace full runs in Colorbond, matched to your roof and fascia
• Re-hang gutters at the correct height and fall so the tiles discharge into them
• Add downpipes where the roof area needs them, and connect them to stormwater
• Install leaf guard in mesh or solid profile to suit the roof and the debris
• Fascia and barge repairs where water has already done damage
• Box gutter and valley gutter replacement on additions and commercial roofs

Replacement, step by step

1. Measure the roof area feeding each run, and work out how many downpipes it needs
2. Choose profile and colour to suit the roof and fascia
3. Remove the old gutter and inspect the fascia behind it
4. Repair or replace any rotted fascia timber before new metal goes up
5. Fit brackets at the correct spacing and set the fall toward the downpipes
6. Hang the new gutter, seal the joins, fit stop ends and outlets
7. Fit downpipes and connect to the stormwater line
8. Flood test with a hose and watch where the water actually goes
9. Clean up and issue the written workmanship warranty

Gutters as part of a bigger job

If you are already having a roof restoration or a roof replacement, do the gutters at the same time. The access gear is already up, the roof edge is already exposed, and it costs less combined than it does as two visits. We price it as a separate line so you can still say no.

What it costs

• Total metres of gutter
• Single or double storey, and how the access works
• Profile and colour
• Number of downpipes and how far they have to run to stormwater
• Fascia repairs found once the old gutter comes off
• Leaf guard, if you want it, and the type

The inspection and the written quote cost nothing. Work is carried out by established, licensed and insured roofing contractors working to NSW Fair Trading requirements.

Suburbs we work in

Gutter work takes us right across the area, from Chipping Norton and Moorebank near the Georges River to Canley Vale, Villawood and the rest of the service areas.

Call (02) 4601 3500 or get a free quote.