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Maintenance Schemes
The Faith in Maintenance team recommend that you sign up to a gutter maintenance scheme if there is one operating in your area. If there isn't an existing scheme in place, think about arranging your own gutter maintenance agreement between a group of churches and a local contractor.
Gutter Maintenance Programme
This scheme has
been in operation since November 2006. It is open to all parishes in the Diocese of London and is
available free to ‘diocesan supported parishes’.
The Diocese recommends a minimum of one visit per year preferably in the autumn after the leaf fall. Not only are all the gutters cleaned but the parish also receives a report, with photographs, showing the condition of the building at high level.
For further information please email gutters@london.anglican.org or ring the Gutterphone on 020 7932 1250. You can also visit the Diocese of London website.
GutterClear
The GutterClear scheme aims
to keep churches in the Gloucestershire area in good condition by
arranging for regular maintenance visits to clear out the gutters and
downpipes. The project was set up
by the Diocese of
Gloucester in collaboration with Maintain our
Heritage and with the generous support of a number of private donors and English Heritage in 2007. Its services are available to places of
worship of all faiths and denominations.
For further details visit the GutterClear website.
Elix
Elix is a ground-breaking maintenance scheme open to all the
churches and chapels in Suffolk. For five years, starting in winter
2009/10, places of worship joining the scheme will have a contractor who will check and clean all rainwater goods and above ground gullies. They will also photograph and advise on any defects or works that should be considered and will take photographs of the completed work.
The Elix scheme is being run by the Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich and is supported by Suffolk Historic Churches Trust and MY Group.
Download the Elix brochure.
