Gutter cleaning in Paisley, plus roughcasting and roof repairs

Free quotes for gutters, walls and roofs across Paisley and Renfrewshire. Tell us what needs doing and we'll pass it to one trusted local firm, who'll get back to you with a price.

We arrange the quote. We aren't the firm that does the work. Your enquiry goes to one local firm, not a list of them, and you're under no obligation to go ahead.

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What we can get you a quote for

• Gutter cleaning

  Moss, silt and leaves cleared out of the gutters and taken away, not just the loose stuff on top.

• Downpipe unblocking

  The plug at the bend or the hopper is often the real blockage. Flushed through and checked into the drain.

• Gutter repairs

  Leaking joints, sagging runs and brackets pulling out of the fascia.

• Fascia and soffit cleaning

  Green algae washed off the white boards along the roof edge, usually at the same visit.

• Roughcasting and harling

  New roughcast and full re-roughcasting, from hacking off the old coat to the final dash.

• Roughcast and render repairs

  Cracks, hollow patches, pebble dash coming away, and render including K-rend and silicone finishes.

• Roof repairs

  Slipped slates and tiles, leaks, ridges and flashings, with a straight answer on repair or re-roof.

Why Paisley gutters block up

Most of Paisley sits low and flat, with the White Cart running through the middle of town. Damp air off the river means gutters rarely dry out properly, so instead of just collecting leaves they grow moss. Moss holds water and weighs far more than leaf litter, and that weight is what pulls brackets loose.

On the south side it's different again. Houses up towards the Gleniffer Braes take wind and rain straight off the moor, and debris arrives on the wind rather than from trees overhead. That's why people with no trees near them still end up with full gutters. Then there are the leafy streets. Castlehead, the area around Brodie Park and the big trees by Barshaw Park and Fountain Gardens drop a lot of leaves every autumn. The leaves are easy to spot. The black silt they rot down into is what actually blocks the downpipe, and it's still there long after the leaves have gone.

Different houses, different gutters

Paisley has a wider spread of house ages than most towns its size, and the guttering on each ages in its own way.

Tenements and terraces from the mill days. Paisley was built on thread, and the Victorian and Edwardian housing that grew up around the Anchor and Ferguslie mills is still a big part of the town. Where it hasn't been modernised, the gutters are often the original cast iron. It's heavy, so a silted run strains its fixings, and it rusts from the inside at the joints where you can't see it until it leaks. Looked after, it'll outlast plastic by decades, which is why it's worth clearing rather than replacing.

The villas. Castlehead, Oakshaw and Thornly Park have bigger houses with busy roofs: bays, dormers and gables, with valleys wherever two slopes meet. Valleys fill before gutters do. A blocked valley can push water under the slates and show up as a damp patch nowhere near where it got in. If that sounds familiar, it may be a job for a roofer as much as a gutter clear.

Post-war estates. Foxbar, Glenburn, Gallowhill, Ferguslie Park and Dykebar mostly have plastic gutters, which are roomy and easy to reach. The problem there is usually the age of the brackets. Watch for a section that's dropped out of line.

When the wall or roof needs looking at too

A gutter that's overflowed for a few winters doesn't just stain the wall. Water soaks into the roughcast, gets behind it through hairline cracks and freezes, and before long you hear a hollow sound when you tap it, or bits start dropping off. A lot of Paisley's semis and terraces have roughcast or harling that's forty or fifty years old and due some attention.

Because the same firm handles gutters, walls and roofs, it can look at all three in one visit and tell you honestly which one is causing the problem. See roughcasting in Paisley, roughcast and pebble dash repairs or what roughcasting costs.

Areas we cover

• PA1: town centre, Ralston, Hawkhead
• PA2: Foxbar, Glenburn, Charleston, Dykebar, Meikleriggs
• PA3: Ferguslie Park, Gallowhill, Shortroods, Linwood
• Renfrew (PA4)
• Johnstone and Elderslie (PA5)
• Houston (PA6)
• Erskine (PA8) and Bishopton (PA7)
• Bridge of Weir (PA11)
• Barrhead and Neilston (G78)

For roughcasting outside Paisley itself, our Renfrewshire roughcasting page has a section on each town.