Gutter and Downspout Installation & Replacement

A gutter formed at your house in one piece per wall. The only joints are at the corners, the outlets and the end caps. A sectional gutter from a home center is joined every ten feet, and every joint is a place to leak. Fewer joints means fewer leaks. Future Remodeling installs seamless aluminum gutters in K-style and half-round styles, and copper where the home calls for it.

It depends on the roof that drains into the gutter, not on what the neighbors have. A 5 inch gutter handles most homes. We step up to 6 inch where one run drains a large or steep roof, where two slopes pour into one short stretch, or where an upper roof drains onto a lower one. We check the downspout first, because a downspout that is too small is often the real limit. Your project consultant sizes each run at the inspection.

Not always. A clean gutter usually overflows for one of three reasons. It sags or slopes the wrong way. It or its downspout is too small for the roof above it. Or a roof valley pours too much water into one spot. Only the size problem needs a bigger gutter. Your project consultant finds the cause and prices the fix for each run.

Not always. Age alone does not decide it. A 20 year old aluminum gutter that slopes right, seals at the corners and fastens into sound fascia can keep working. Signs it is done: rust holes along the bottom, several seams leaking in one season, soft fascia behind more than a short stretch, or overflow when the gutter is clean. We check each run at the free inspection and explain our recommendation. When both a repair and a replacement make sense, we price both.

We check the condition of the gutters, downspouts and fascia and find the source of the leak. If a repair is needed, we provide a repair estimate and then schedule the service. When both a repair and a replacement make sense, we price both.

On the right house, yes. A guard keeps leaves and needles out of the gutter so water keeps reaching the downspout. It pays off where trees hang over the roof, where the gutters are on a second or third story, or where clogs have already caused overflow or rotted fascia. On an open lot with few trees it rarely does. A guard does not fix a gutter that is too small or slopes wrong. It also does not stop ice dams, the ridges of ice at the roof edge that back water up under the shingles. Our guide, Are Gutter Guards Worth It in NJ?, walks through the types.

Three things to know before you buy. A guard reduces cleaning but does not end it, because fine debris and shingle grit still collect on top. A guard does not fix overflow caused by a gutter that is too small or hung wrong. And a guard does not stop ice dams, because the ice comes from heat leaving the roof, not from leaves in the gutter. At the inspection, your project consultant looks at the trees, the height of the gutters and what the old clogs have done. Then we recommend LeafFilter, Shur Flo or no guard at all.

Look at where the water comes from. Soft or stained fascia right behind the gutter, with loose hangers, points to a gutter that has leaked or overflowed. Rot along the whole roof edge, stains on the soffit under the overhang, or water in the attic point to the drip edge or the roof above. Your project consultant checks both at the inspection. If a fascia repair is needed, we provide a repair estimate and then schedule the service.

Ice is heavy, and it pulls the hangers out of the fascia. Water left standing in a flat or clogged gutter freezes, pushes against the seams, thaws and does it again. That is why so many repair calls come in March. If the same stretch tears loose every year, we check its condition, provide a repair estimate if a repair is needed, and then schedule the service. We also tell you to look at attic insulation and air sealing, because the ice comes from heat escaping through the roof. If that heat loss stays, the gutter repair alone will not hold.

After, or in the same project. The gutter hangs against the roof's drip edge, so the right order is new drip edge first, then new gutter. Gutters that are staying can come down for the roof work and go back up when it is done. Future Remodeling installs roofs through the winter, so the two do not have to wait for spring. One combined plan means one Project Leader and one schedule.

We would rather measure first. The price depends on the length of gutter, the style and metal, and the number of corners and downspouts. Fascia repairs and gutter guards change it too. Most of that cannot be seen from the street. The inspection is free and takes one visit. Your estimate is priced run by run, with the products you chose.

Two kinds. The manufacturer warrants the materials, including the guard when LeafFilter or Shur Flo is part of your project. A workmanship warranty is available as an optional upgrade on qualifying full replacements, and your project consultant can walk you through it.

Yes. We serve the entire state of New Jersey as well as Westchester County, NY. Our office is in Bergenfield, so most of our gutter projects are in Bergen and Essex counties and the Westchester towns closest to us.