Exteriors
Water off the roof,
and away from the house.
Gutters are the cheapest foundation protection you will ever buy and the first thing everybody neglects. A gutter that is undersized, badly pitched, hung on rusted spikes or packed with maple seeds is doing nothing except rotting the fascia it is nailed to.
Scope
What gutter work includes
New runs, replacements, repairs and cleanouts — including the built-in box gutters half this city still has.
- Seamless aluminum run on site to the exact length — no joints to leak
- Sized to the roof: 5″ K-style as standard, 6″ where the roof drains hard
- Hidden hangers screwed into the rafter tails, not spikes into rotted fascia
- Pitched correctly toward the outlets so it drains instead of holding water
- Downspouts sized and placed to move the water, and extended away from the house
- End caps, miters and outlets sealed properly
- Old built-in box gutters relined rather than ripped out where they are sound
- Cleanouts: gutters flushed, downspouts cleared, debris bagged and taken
The difference
What we look at on your gutters
The size, against the roof
A 5-inch gutter is the standard and it is right for most houses. A big steep slope pointed at a short run overshoots it in a real storm. That is a 6-inch gutter and a 3×4 downspout, and it is the fix people never think of.
What is holding it up
Old spike-and-ferrule gutters work loose every freeze-thaw and pull away from the fascia. Hidden hangers screwed into solid wood every couple of feet do not.
Where the water ends up
A perfect gutter that dumps at the base of your wall is just an efficient way to wet your basement. Extensions, splash blocks or a tie-in — the water has to actually leave.
Before you decide
Types of Gutters
Every gutter profile on the houses in this city, including the built-in box gutters half of the old rows still have — with the cross-sections drawn so you can tell which ones are on your house.
Straight answers
Gutters & Downspouts — FAQ
Also from us
The rest of the outside
of your house.
Free estimate
Free inspection. Written estimate. No pressure.
Tell us what you are looking at and we will come and look at it — and we will tell you honestly what it needs, including the times the answer is nothing yet.