Small Guttering Problem

SimbaSimon

Hi,

Just wanted some hopefully quick advice on our guttering. We have guttering at the front and back of our house obviously, however I've noticed when its raining heavy it tends to leak at the very end. For example, in the image below from where the pipe goes down to the right, rain water drips from the very end. The one at the back of the house doesn't seem quite properly connected and seems to slant at the end, the one at the front I can't quite tell because its too high up. Any ideas who I should get to look at it? A builder or guttering firm? Don't want to spend lots as its only the very end that is causing the problem.

Thanks

ormus

is it actually leaking from the join/seal, or is it overflowing?

you can buy the rubber seals seperately. very cheap.

Suzy_M

When you say heavy rain - do you mean summer storm throwing down stair rods heavy? If so the slightest blockage or clogging will cause some overflowing.

Check to see if the gutter is blocked near the downpipe - or if there is a leaf guard whether it is clogged up.

A simple enough job to do yourself if you have the ladders and are confident working at height (probably take longer to set up the ladder than clear the blockage) - or you have a hero / heroine that could do it for you.

It's always worth cleaning out gutters regularly but if there isn't a problem during normal rain showers and there are no signs of water ingress in to the building I would be tempted to adopt an "if it ain't broke don't fix it stance" on this one.

27col

I expect that the end cap just wants tapping back into place. If you do not feel that you want to tackle it yourself, I expect that you could easily find a handyman advertising locally. I cannot imagine that a builder or a roofer would be interested in such a small job. Alternatively, perhaps a window cleaner might be interested.

SimbaSimon

Thanks for the replys. I haven't yet dug out the ladder to take a look to be honest. Perhaps a job for this weekend as have been putting it off for months. The one at the back is certainly within reach so will try that first. If I manage to fix it will see about getting a huge ladder for the front from somewhere, its quite high but only 2 storys so probably fairly typical really. However my ladder will probably only just go over 1 story. Wish me luck