Gutters & Downspouts In NJ — Seamless, Pitched Right, Water Sent Away From The House

Seamless aluminum runs about $12–$22 per linear foot installed, so a typical house with 150–200 feet is $1,800 to $4,400 with downspouts. Guards add $8–$25 per foot depending on the type, and fascia replacement is priced by the foot. Repairs start around $250.

Six-inch on any big roof plane, steep pitch, or a house that's overflowed before; five-inch is fine on small, simple roofs. The price difference is small and the capacity difference is about 40%. We'll tell you which your roof needs.

Good ones do, on gutters that are pitched right. Micro-mesh is the one we install for most yards. You'll still rinse them once in a while, but you won't be scooping sludge twice a year.

Yes. Rotted fascia gets replaced, then wrapped in aluminum; soffit gets vented panels so the attic breathes. Doing it with the gutters costs less than doing it later.

Gutters carry water, so they get our 5-Year Watertight Guarantee: if anything we installed leaks, cracks or fails in 5 years, we fix it and any damage it caused. Plus the No-Surprise Guarantee on price and workmanship.

Not the way we mount it. The track clips under the drip edge or to the front lip of the gutter, so no shingles get lifted and nothing gets screwed through the roof surface. If your gutters hang on old spikes or the fascia behind them is soft, we'll show you the photos and fix that first — hanging anything on rotted wood is how people end up with two problems instead of one.

Resealing one seam or snugging a loose hanger is a reasonable Saturday if you're steady on a ladder. Re-pitching a run, replacing rotted fascia, or adding a downspout is not — those are the jobs that put people in the ER every fall, and a gutter that's still pitched wrong just moves the leak. Send us a photo by text and we'll tell you honestly which one you're looking at.

The water lands right at the foundation, and in New Jersey clay that's how basements get wet and how footings settle. Overflow also rots the fascia and soffit, and water blowing behind the siding finds sheathing. A few hundred dollars of pitch, hangers and an extra downspout is cheap next to interior waterproofing later.

Look for seams pulling apart, rust streaks, sections sagging between hangers, old spike holes that keep leaking, and peeling paint or soft wood on the fascia behind them. One bad run gets repaired; when three or four are gone, seamless replacement costs less than chasing leaks. We check pitch and fascia before we quote either way, and the itemized price is good for 90 days.

Yes, and for one simple reason: seams leak. We roll seamless gutter on site to the exact length of your run, so the only joints are at corners and outlets, where they're sealed and riveted. Sectional gutter has a joint every 10 feet, and every one of those is a drip waiting for its second winter.

Twice a year for most houses here — once after the maples and oaks finish dropping in late November, once in spring after the buds, seeds and pollen come down. Under big oaks or white pines, make it three. If you're tired of the ladder, guards on sound gutters end most of it.

Yes. Removal, haul-away and disposal are line items in the written price, not a surprise at the end, and so is any fascia or soffit repair we find once the old gutter is off. You get that number before we order material, it's good for 90 days, and there's no deposit on a job this size.

If you're anywhere in New Jersey, yes. First Call Contracting is based in Paramus and handles gutters & downspouts across all 21 counties with our own licensed crew. Most of Bergen, Passaic, Hudson and Essex is 15 to 30 minutes from our shop, and emergencies are dispatched to the nearest crew 24/7. Call (201) 676-3099 or book a free in-home estimate.