Guttering and downpipes in Wingham and the CT3 patch.

What's covered

• Full gutter clear - orchard-leaf litter, moss, moss-and-mortar wash from tile ridge
• Gutter re-align on sagged runs; new brackets where old ones have failed
• Downpipe re-fix, offset repairs, gulley-shoe replacement where cracked
• Joint replacement on plastic and cast-iron runs
• Wire-mesh guard fitted on chronic-blockage runs (typically the orchard-side gutter on a Preston or Staple rear elevation)

Pricing

Full gutter clear on a standard village cottage (front and rear, single storey plus roof gable): £180 half-day. Full re-align on a sagged 8-10m run with new brackets: £180-260 including parts. Downpipe swap: £120-180. Cast-iron section swap: quoted individually - matched pattern matters on CA and listed stock.

Wingham-specific notes

Orchard-leaf autumn. The rear-boundary orchards on the Preston, Staple and Nonington sides drop leaves into rear-elevation gutters through October and November. Blocked-gutter callouts peak December. Wire-mesh guards are the fix if this is annual - £22-32/m installed, one-and-done.

Cast-iron on High Street CA stock. A lot of the High Street cottages still carry original cast-iron gutter runs. If a section has cracked, matched-pattern cast-iron replacement keeps the CA appearance - swapping to plastic is discouraged and may need Dover DC consultation on listed frontages.