THE BUFORD TEAM – YOUR DFW GUTTER INSTALLATION EXPERTS
Gutters protect from excess moisture, erosion, and splashback along your foundation line. They are critical to help direct water away from your house and foundation. Your property’s drainage plan really starts right here with the gutters.
7 things a gutter installation professional can help you with:
- Custom lengths, styles, and composition
- Lengths – Work with an expert who has the ability to cut gutters to custom lengths for your house
- Shape – Rounded vs. squared gutters vs. K shaped gutters
- Rounded can feel more farmhouse style, K shaped can feel more modern
- Squared / box gutters typically aren’t seamless because seamless machines are more rare, so these will show more seams and could affect the overall look
- Color – Gutters that don’t match the style of your roof / color of your roof could look awkward
- Size – Gutters shouldn’t be too large for your house – they can feel overwhelming or draw people’s eyes to the gutters rather than letting the gutter feel like it blends naturally into the background
- Material – Copper will last the longest – some materials have shorter lifespans
- Leaf guards
- Leaf guards help you protect your gutters from getting clogged and requiring constant clearing
- Don’t have trees on your property? Don’t bother with leaf guards!
- Make sure they are correctly fastened to your gutters – sometimes when these leaf guards are added as an afterthought, they create additional connection points along the gutter line that can look tacky or thrown together
- Avoid sponge products inside the gutter – this holds the leaves and the moisture IN your gutter
- Keeping water runoff away from your foundation
- When water falls directly off of the roof due to no gutters or a clogged gutter, there is often splashback onto your house’s foundation as the water falls to the ground. That splashback can lead to excess moisture along your house’s exterior walls, which invites rot and insects to come make your house their home.
- Consider running additional pipe / drainage to push water away from the home and away from the foundation
PRO TIP: this is a great reason to get a professional involved, who can walk your property with you and explain how the gradient of your property’s ground can accidentally lead water back to the house’s foundation, or to other areas you want to protect from erosion
- Planning where the downspout goes
- If your home has 2 floors, this can affect the position of the downspout. Downspouts now have to collect water off of 2 levels of roof.
- Where does the downspout let the water out at? Planning this is critical to your success. A downspout that releases the water onto the ground too close to your foundation may cause erosion at the foundation line
- Lining up gutter hangers with the strongest supports of your roof
- Installing new gutters means hanging them off of the sturdiest parts of your roof – a roofing system expert will know how to guide you best here so that your gutters are fully supported from the strongest areas of your roof’s edge
- Avoid using gutters that would void the warranty of your roof
- Check the roof warranty if you have that paperwork available and make sure that you’re not accidentally using material or styles of gutters that cause your roof to be less protected
- How much time do you have?
- An expert can finish a gutter installation in 1 day or less
- Waiting multiple days to DIY the project could lead to additional erosion, splashback, and rot/damage
Contact our team at Buford General Contractors for a free consultation – our friendly staff will come out to the property and walk it with you at no charge, and provide you with an estimate on gutter installation costs as well as a timeline. We’re excited to help you!
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