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Get a free estimateIn Gatineau, the best window to clean gutters before winter runs from mid-October to late November, after the main maple leaf drop, but before the first freezes that last more than a couple of nights.
Cleaning too early in October usually means doing it twice: the trees aren't finished. Waiting until December means digging out a frozen mass at the bottom of the gutter, which takes longer, works less well and is sometimes impossible.
A house with nothing directly overhanging the roof: one cleaning a year, in the fall.
A house surrounded by mature maples, ash or oaks: two cleanings: fall, plus spring for maple keys and melt residue.
A house under conifers (common in Chelsea and the wooded sectors): two cleanings minimum, because needles fall nearly year-round and block downspouts more than the gutter itself.
During rain, water sheets down in one specific spot instead of leaving through the downspout.
Green shoots visible from the ground mean enough soil and moisture have collected for seeds to germinate.
A vertical stain under the gutter shows water regularly passes over the edge in the same place.
If nothing comes out at the base while it's pouring, water is being held somewhere higher in the system.
Wet debris is heavy; a section that droops is almost always a section that's full.
Trapped water freezes at the roof edge, builds up, then backs up under the shingles where nothing is meant to be watertight.
Constant overflow keeps the wood wet for weeks and eventually rots it.
A blocked downspout dumps water at the base of the wall; at thaw, that water looks for the nearest way in.
Water running down the wall freezes across entrances, steps and walkways.
At Gouttières Gati-Net, residential cleaning starts at $199. The final amount depends on three things: property size and total gutter length, how accessible the perimeter is, and the condition the gutters are in at the time of the visit.
A bungalow with clear access sits near the starting price. A two-storey home, a sloped lot, hedges tight to the wall, or gutters untouched for several seasons take longer. The price is confirmed before work begins.
A walk around the property to spot the at-risk sections and confirm access.
Leaves, needles and sediment pulled out by hand, section by section.
Every downspout flushed with water to clear whatever is stuck in the elbow or the pipe.
We visually confirm water comes out at the base before we leave.
Debris is picked up; nothing is left lying around the house.
This is the step most often skipped. A gutter can be emptied from end to end and still be completely blocked: the plug sits in the downspout elbow or further down the pipe, where you can't see it.
A gutter that looks clean but drains into a blocked downspout overflows exactly like a full one. A water test is the only way to confirm the path is open from the roof all the way to the ground outlet, which is why we watch the water come out before we leave.
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