Deep, heavy grey cement guttering, often paired with matching downpipes and hopper heads, was fitted across Croydon’s interwar and post-war housing and commercial parades. Seventy years on it’s cracked at the joints and overdue for replacement.
Sections are unbolted and lowered whole, sludge scooped and bagged as licensed waste, and brackets stripped ready for your new uPVC or aluminium system, fitted by your roofer or coordinated by us.
Gutters, downpipes, hoppers and fascia/soffit boards
Ground and gulley debris collected and consigned
From the gutter-line survey to the consignment note, old goods come off cleanly and the line is ready for your installer the same day.
Full run inspected from ladder or platform; materials confirmed, joints and brackets assessed, fascia and soffits checked while we’re up there.
Removal, sludge clearance, disposal and documentation in a single written price within 48 hours. Fascia/soffit removal quoted alongside if wanted.
Runs unbolted and lowered intact; never levered or dropped, with sludge bagged wet at height rather than shovelled off the lawn later.
Fixings cleared, line brushed down, waste consigned with your note issued; the new system can go on the same day if your installer’s booked.
Most quotes ignore it; ours bags and consigns it as standard.
Gutters, pipes, fascias and soffits cleared together saves scaffold money.
Old goods off in the morning, new goods on in the afternoon.
Consignment note issued however modest the tonnage.
FAQS
Age, weight and profile are strong clues; pre-1980s installations in thick grey cement, often with cast-style hoppers. Confirmation comes from a sample, which we can take during the survey without disturbing the run.
They can, if sound; asbestos cement in good condition is a manageable material. Practically, most are decades past watertight, and replacement projects are exactly when they should come off properly rather than be smashed down by a general roofer.
Once it’s sat inside an asbestos cement gutter for decades, it’s treated as contaminated and consigned with the cement. Tipping it in the garden or a green bin is the classic mistake; and it’s one reason DIY gutter removal goes wrong.
We can coordinate replacement through our re-roofing arm or hand over to your installer the same day; brackets stripped, line clean, no gap in weather protection either way. Say which you’d prefer at survey.
Usually not for standard two-storey domestic runs; towers and platforms cover most cases. Where access genuinely demands scaffold, it’s stated and included in the fixed price rather than appearing later as a surprise.
Yes. Fragments in borders, on flat roofs and around gulleys are collected and bagged as part of the job. Point them out at a survey and they’re in the price.
Yes, and they usually should. The boards behind cement gutters are frequently the same material, and clearing the whole roofline in one access setup is cheaper than two visits. Mention it at survey and it’s one figure.
Most two-storey domestic runs clear in the morning, sludge and all; timed so your installer can hang the new system the same afternoon. The programme is stated in the quote alongside the price.
Every district: the long Edwardian runs of Norbury, the interwar semis of Shirley and Purley, and the parades in between. Borough-wide, borders included.
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