Rutland
Fascias, soffits and guttering in Oakham
New fascias, soffits, gutters and downpipes, fitted with care on ironstone and older brick.
The commonest gutter problem in Rutland is not wear, it is trees. Villages here are green and generous with mature limes, chestnuts and sycamores, and a gutter under a mature tree fills every autumn whether or not anything is wrong with it. Half the calls we get are a blockage that has been mistaken for a failure. We fit and clear fascias, soffits, gutters and downpipes across Oakham, Uppingham and the LE15 villages.
Blocked, or actually broken
Worth separating, because the price is very different. A gutter that overflows only in autumn and only under a tree is usually just full. A gutter that overflows in June, drips at one joint all year, or has visibly dropped out of line has a real fault. We will tell you which yours is instead of quoting a replacement for a clearance.
Long runs and where they sag
Rutland has a lot of long low ranges: barn conversions, coach houses, stable blocks and cottages knocked together over the years. A long unbroken gutter run needs brackets at proper centres and enough fall to actually shift water, and where an outlet has been left at one end of thirty feet of gutter it will pond and drip in the middle no matter how new the plastic is. Getting the falls and the outlets right matters more on those buildings than the material does.
Leaf guards, and being honest about them
People ask for them constantly under trees. Some are worth having and some simply move the blockage from the gutter to the top of the guard where you cannot reach it. We will say which we think yours would be, and sometimes the honest answer is that clearing it every autumn is cheaper and less trouble.
The edge underneath
We take old boards off rather than capping over them, look at the rafter feet and the felt behind, and fit a support tray where the eaves felt has perished. Free written quote, five or ten year guarantee.
- Work guaranteed for five or ten years
- Free, written quotations
- What we quote is what you pay
- Insured on every single job
- A 5.0 rating from our customers
Our work
Jobs near Oakham
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What people say
In their words, not ours
One of the problems of finding a roofer when you are an older person is the thought of being scammed, especially given the increasing numbers of rogue traders together with the high costs at stake especially if the work is poor or non existent. We trawled a lot of roofers and found varying prices and limited experience and ‘one man bands’ offering little or no guarantees for their work. We came across Fred’s newly formed EverCrest Property Care Ltd Company and were initially concerned at the limited 3 months or so that they had been trading for, albeit that Fred had been a Sole Trader for some 6 years. So we undertook a ‘due diligence’ on the company and found they had worked on a limited number of roofing projects in the start up time. However having had a number of positive conversations with Fred we decided to give his company a chance having had a very good response and price to our required specification that formed the basis of our Building Control Application through Boston Borough Council. They say you can only make a first impression once and EverCrest Property Care Ltd certainly made an excellent impression indeed, in fact the work they undertook was first class and our Building Control Inspector was equally impressed with the standard of works they carried out. Our project involved replacing a main roof on a detached property and likewise on a kitchen extension. Work commenced on a Friday with the scaffolding being erected along with the delivery of two skips. On the Monday morning around 8:30am a team of 7 arrived on site and by 10am both roofs had been stripped and the Building Inspector was called early to check out the structure prior to the roofers installing the new insulation, membrane and battening in readiness for the new soffits, guttering and tiles being installed from Tuesday onwards. By Thursday the project had been completed and the Building Inspector returned first thing Friday morning and signed off the work having been impressed with the finished work. On the basis of the above experience we would have no hesitation in recommending EverCrest Property Care Ltd as a suitable and very experienced roofing contractor and would be happy to give any references to their standard of works.
Brilliant work! Reasonable price a friendly. Recommend to anyone. Sorted out my roof after 3 companies turned me down.
Amazing roof repair everything finished to a high standard,good communication and reasonable priced would definetly recommend.
Before you ring
Fascias, Soffits & Guttering in Oakham: common questions
My cottage has cast iron guttering. Must I keep it?
On a listed building or in a conservation area you may be expected to keep or match it. Modern cast-look systems satisfy that with far less weight and upkeep, and we will explain the options rather than assume plastic is acceptable.
Can you just clear the gutters?
Yes, and sometimes that is all that is wrong. We will tell you if the system is sound and simply full rather than turning a clearance into a replacement.
Will new brackets damage the stonework?
Not if it is done properly. Fixings go into the fascia and rafter feet, and where masonry is unavoidable, into a joint rather than through the face of a stone.
How do I know if the fascia is rotten?
Usually you cannot from the ground, which is why we look before quoting. Flaking paint, a dipping gutter line or green staining down the wall are all worth a call.
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