Cost of New Gutters

[davemac]

Hi folks,

Just wondering what people are paying for replacement gutters these days. My roof was redone about 3 years ago, but recently I have had a bad rust-thru failure on one of the sections due to some clogging. I probably should have had them doen when the roof was done of course. The gutters now are 7" steel. Lineal feet is ~210 with about 8 down spots totalling maybe 70ft. Most of the pieces are straight runs, with maybe 5 miters. I have a 2 storey house with shake roof.

I just got a quote for $2200 for the same style powder-coated steel gutter replacement which seems excessive to me. The new downspouts would be 2x3's. The contractor that came by to bid had a very expensive looking truck. :) I can get the exact same gutter from another seamless contractor dropped at my location for $2.50 per ft, but of course the downspouts, hangers, caps, miter pieces etc are extra. Still I figure that the materials total should not exceed $900. I figure this job including labor should not be more than $1500? Can anyone in the north-west give some comparables quotes? I'm getting more bids, but I'm still curious.

thanks

dave m

[J.A. Michel]

I just had seamless gutters installed on a new home. About 180 lin. feet of gutter and four 4x3 downspouts cost me around a thousand bucks. Your quote seems reasonable to me, considering you have 5 miters and 8 downspouts. Plus they have the extra labor of removing your old ones first. Quit being so cheap. Seamless gutters are not a DIY project.

[ESM]

I'm in Central Florida. I called 6 places and was quoted on 6" gutters in white with downspouts, which I believe where 4x3.

I was quoted on 230 ft (165 gutter, 65 down spout) on a single story home. Cheapest price was $665, and the highest price was $1270 (from Home Depot). Most places came in at $3.25 to 3.50/linear foot.

These prices were installed, with all pieces. The guy at $665 actually did custom corners too. I think he's basically coming in and undercutting everyone else to do more volume. Afterall, Less profit per job with greater volume can still be greater profit. He also provided 10 year warranty like most everyone else did. So he's not using garbage aluminum.

[ESM]

Oh yes, I forgot to add. I have NO existing gutters. So there is no labor to remove.

However, none of the places I called ask if I already had gutters, so I don't think any of them charge extra for removal.

Gutters are a pretty big business in FL, given how much rain we get. In the major city area I am in, I found a few dozen places doing gutters, so this means prices will be cheaper in general.

You may want to have Home Depot do a free quote. That should be the MOST you'd ever pay and you can use it as a price guage as well. You can figure about 25%, and maybe up to 30% off the Home Depot price is what you should pay. That's what I've been seeing based on the few HD quotes I've gotten relative to local companies.

[RayV]

Seamless gutters are a fairly easy DIY project. All you need is a couple of ladders, a pair of snips, a drill and a caulk gun. You just go to the local roofing or siding place give them the lengths and they drop them in your yard.

[Steve B]

"ESM" wrote

He also provided 10 year warranty like

Mine quoted me using aluminum. Is Steel better?

Steve

[davemac]

Well actually seamless CAN be DIY, but you need to wonder if it's really worth it especially with a 2 story house, even for people who can easily do it like myself. There's really only 2 runs on the house which are a bit of a challenge. The rest are no brainers. Sorry, I can't help being so cheap. It's my nature! :)

thanks for the comments so far. It seems the local markets vary quite a bit. Here in CA, I think we always pay a premium for some reason.

dave mc

[Edwin Pawlowski]

The price you pay for all the crazy laws you guys have.

[ESM]

That comment was a little misleading. He's using aluminum gutters, but since he's offering a 10 year warranty, he's not using low quality aluminium.

[DT]

There are at least 3 grades of aluminum gutters. The pre-formed, 10 foot lengths you but at Home Depot and elsewhere are .019". The better grade that most seamless suppliers quote in a variety of colors is .027". The high end stuff, usually avilable only in white, is .032". A few thousands of an inch may not seem like much, but each grade is substantially stronger than the next.

-- Dennis

[J.A. Michel]

True seamless gutters are not DIY unless you have the rolling machine to make them with ;-) That's what I meant by that.

You can DIY, but you have to work with 10ft sections. I've done before Dave, and trust me, it's a PITA. You have to get the slope right, and caulk the pieces together, all while on a ladder 2 stories off the ground. (in your case) If you do manage to get it done and not fall off the ladder and kill yourself, some of those seams will leak. (they always do)

In the end, it's not worth spending 3 days out on the ladder dicking with it, risking life and limb. I'm an avid DIY'er but some things are really better to have hired done - like brain surgery or seamless gutters. ;-)