Stupid question?...blocked gutter

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It is absolutely peeing down here and has been all day...

Noticed neighbour's gutter is blocked and overflowing along the whole length...full of water (our equivalent is fine...)

I know said (nice) neighbour is away for a few weeks....so he doesn't know he has a problem....

It is a low part of the roof and I might be able to reach it from my ladder (from his garden) and try to unblock it at least a bit for now for him...even though I would get soaked...(not too keen but think I should do the right thing)

So what is the worst thing that could happen in the short term? Could the whole gutter fall off? (Will tell him when he gets back anyway)
And would any one think that was being cheeky? (It isn't causing me any problems - just wouldn't like him to come home to his gutter on the ground...)
Any thoughts...
 
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If they are nice neighbours and there would be no animosity created by your actions, nothing wrong by helping a neighbour out.
An over flowing gutter can cause a number of problems.
I am sure you would appreciate it, if the roles were reversed.
 
If the whole gutter overflows, then a blocked downpipe is the main suspect

If you go into his garden, just be careful where you put the ladder - you don't want to rest it on the gutter, and if its a wide soffit, you don't want to be reaching back off the ladder
 
Normally blocked on the bends or when they use self tap screws though the downpipe on connection joints
 
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Hi thanks for the advice....
I can't see anything obvious in his gutter/downpipe and I can't reach properly from my stepladder...(it is single storey) and it was really windy so I decided against using a proper ladder and poking around in the downpipe ... (images of pulling the whole downpipe/guttering down as I fell...hardly helping him out)

I'll just have to let him know when he gets back....and hope it doesn't rain like that again until he does....

I did feel extremely guilty being in his garden - even though I wouldn't mind if he did the same for me!

Thanks again :)
 

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