Ixelles · 1050
Zinc work & gutters à Ixelles
Hanging gutters, box gutters, downpipes, valleys and flashings in zinc or aluminium. In Ixelles we are mainly called for two things: the zinc work on the old grand town houses — dormers, valleys, domes, junctions against the neighbouring facade — and the flat roofs of post-war blocks, where it is the managing agent who decides and the paperwork takes longer than the job.
12 km from our depot in Grimbergen
What that changes here
This is the most requested job in Brussels, and the most underestimated. The box gutter runs from party wall to party wall, behind a cornice that is sometimes protected, on a deck nobody has ever seen. We strip the first course of the covering to expose the whole box: doing half a job on a box gutter makes no sense.
Around the ponds and in the Louise district is the most carefully built stock in the city: grand town houses from the late 19th century, Art Nouveau, natural slate, zinc dormers and a great deal of detail work. Further out, the 1960s apartment blocks and their flat roofs dominate. Two worlds, two techniques.
What we get called out for in Ixelles
In Ixelles we are mainly called for two things: the zinc work on the old grand town houses — dormers, valleys, domes, junctions against the neighbouring facade — and the flat roofs of post-war blocks, where it is the managing agent who decides and the paperwork takes longer than the job.
Ixelles porte le code postal 1050 et se situe in the Brussels-Capital Region. Notre équipe part de Grimbergen, à 12 km : nous y planifions la zinguerie en même temps que les chantiers de Brussels, Uccle et Forest, pour qu’un déplacement serve plusieurs toitures.
- 01Survey
- 02Sizing
- 03Forming
- 04Fitting
The full technical detail of this service is on the page Zinc work & gutters.
Zinc formed and soldered on site, no glued joints
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Pour un devis, la visite à Ixelles se fixe en général sous quelques jours ouvrés. Nous partons de Grimbergen, à 12 km, et nous groupons nos visites par secteur : si un chantier tourne déjà cette semaine à Brussels ou Uccle, cela peut aller plus vite. En cas de fuite active, nous venons d’abord bâcher et sécuriser ; la zinguerie n’est chiffrée qu’ensuite.
Yes, and we recommend it every autumn for houses surrounded by trees. While we are up there we check the brackets, the outlets and the flashings — it is the cheapest moment to find a problem.
Zinc is still the benchmark: forty to fifty years, solderable, repairable, and it takes a patina. Coated aluminium costs less, goes up faster and comes in every colour, but its joints are glued or riveted, so they are weaker over time. Galvanised steel we advise against wherever there is road salt or urban air.
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Zinc work & gutters à Ixelles
We come out, we go up onto the roof, we photograph. The quotation follows within 24 working hours, item by item.
Not sure about your roof?
The visit costs nothing and the quotation follows within 24 hours. One call is enough to know where you stand.