It is easy to think of gutters as a minor detail, but a blocked or broken gutter is one of the most common causes of damp walls we see across Gravesend and Medway.
When a gutter overflows, water pours straight down the wall below instead of being carried away. Over time, that constant soaking saturates the brickwork, finds its way through to the inside, and shows up as a damp patch, stained plaster or mould. The wall never gets a chance to dry out.
The usual culprits are leaves and moss building up over autumn, a downpipe blockage, or a section of gutter that has come loose and no longer falls the right way. Cracked or rotten fascia boards behind the gutter make things worse by letting water get into the roofline itself.
Prevention is simple and cheap compared with fixing the damp it causes. Clear your gutters at least once a year, ideally after the leaves have fallen, and check that water runs freely to the downpipe during heavy rain. If a gutter is sagging, leaking at the joints, or the fascia behind it looks tired, it is worth getting it sorted before winter.
If you already have a damp patch that lines up with a gutter or downpipe outside, that is usually your answer. We can put the roofline right and deal with the damp it has caused in one visit.