Eaves Trough Cleaning in Brooklin, ON

Clear Troughs and Drier Side Yards in Brooklin

Asphalt shingles shed granules, and they shed the most while they're new. That grit washes into the trough, collects at the low points and mixes with whatever blows in until it's a heavy paste a downspout can't move. Add the seeds and blossoms from young street trees each spring and you can have a blocked outlet on a house that's only a few years old.

The lots in the newer parts of Brooklin are tight, and that changes what an overflowing trough means. When water spills over the front edge, there isn't much yard for it to land in. It drops into a narrow side yard, soaks the soil right against your foundation and sometimes heads toward the neighbour's house as well. Every visit includes downspout cleaning and a look at where each one discharges, and if water is being dumped somewhere it shouldn't be, we'll tell you.

If you're in one of the older homes around the village core, the job may look more traditional, with leaves to scoop and older troughs that sag between brackets. We clean by hand, bag the debris and take care of minor fixes like refastening loose brackets. For gutter cleaning on any Brooklin house, late spring and late fall are the two visits we recommend.

Pedro handles eaves trough and gutter cleaning. For how he approaches eaves trough cleaning in general, see our eaves trough & gutter cleaning page.