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Providing the Complete Solution for Your Home

Working with the Best in the Business to Provide Our Customers with the Best Results
At OzWide Gutter Cleaning, we are always trying to align ourselves with some of the best in the business. Namely, other Australian companies that are just as dedicated as we are to giving customers homes they can be proud of.
If […]

Solar panels need cleaning!

SOLAR PANELS: are great for lowering your power costs, but they do need some maintaining. We are finding more and more problems of birds nesting under the solar panels.
We are able to clean the gutters directly under the solar, and if need be, we can install some mesh around the bottom of the panels […]

Pergola gutters (please leave a gap!)

Our guys have had their share of tough gutters to clean lately, including a heap of pergola gutters! What are builders thinking when they lay the roofing sheets right over the gutter and block the gutter off?

The gutters still fill with dust/dirt and broken down leaves. This, mixed with water and bird droppings can […]

Melbourne’s heavy summer rain is coming!

Remember those heavy Melbourne thunderstorms over the past couple of years, in particular the one on Xmas day in 2011? Those heavy rains caused millions of dollars of damage to houses due to flooding. Some insurance companies have insisted that customers maintain regular gutter cleaning, in order to prevent future flooding.

When the gutters are […]

Flat roofs – It’s important to keep the gutters clean!

Houses with flat roofs need to ensure that the gutters (& roofs) are kept clean. These flat roofs are more prone to flooding, as the water is not able to dissipate as quickly as pitched roofs.
Prior to cleaning the gutters, we sweep roof clean using a rake or blower. This prevents the mess from […]

Working on a metal roof, securing a lifeline to work safely

Ozwide Roof Gutter Cleaning Melbourne use this metal roof bracket much the same as the system on the tiled roofs. It creates an anchor point, which we can secure the pulley. The pulley then acts much like a tree branch for a tree climber. The rope goes through it and back to the climber. The rope […]

Securing to a tiled roof for gutter cleaning

We use an anchor point to run the lifeline through, much like the branch on a tree for tree climbers. The rope connects to the harness on one side and to a prussic line on the other side. This allows the climber to lengthen or shorten the rope as he walks safely around the roof […]

Working safely on roofs

Gutters Cleaning Melbourne use the prussic line or a descender to move safely around the roof on a lifeline. The pole belt provides the opportunity to secure with a second point of attachment. It is a system that we have adapted from around 20 years of tree climbing experience.
Our guys are trained, equipped and […]

Pigeons & Gutters Don’t Mix

Birds can cause all sorts of problems on the roof and in the gutters. Blockages can occur from the nesting and the bird droppings.

Using a gutter vacuuming melbourne to remove the waste, will ensure that the water in the gutters can flow properly again, and all of the waste goes directly into the drum in […]

Completely Blocked Gutters? Not Anymore!

Over the past month, we have found quite a few gutters that were completely blocked.

Water flowing off the roof would cascade over the gutters onto the ground below, and worse still, flow back under the tiles and onto the eaves and roof.
This causes roof leaks and mould.

Regular gutter cleaning ensures that the water flows […]