Rolling Hills Estates, CA
Where the water goes after it leaves the roof
If you are re-roofing anyway, gutters are the one add-on that is genuinely cheaper done at the same time.
Describe the gutters job
Three questions, then the address. Up to three Rolling Hills Estates contractors who do this work.
You are on the list.
No provider in Rolling Hills Estates is taking requests through this service yet. We are lining them up, and yours is kept until one can.
- Nobody gets your details yet. Your request stays with us and is not passed to any company.
- One email when someone can help. When a provider covering your area can take it on, we email you once and ask whether you want that company, by name, to contact you.
- Deleted after 90 days. If nobody can take it on, or you do not say yes, your contact details are deleted 90 days after your request.
- You decide, or you do not. There is nothing to cancel and nothing to pay us.
Nobody will call you about this request unless you say yes to a company by name.
Before you let anybody on the roof
The things worth pinning down on a gutters job. A contractor who has not raised them has not looked properly.
- Where the water is discharged, and how far from the foundation
- Number and position of downspouts
- Seamless or sectional, and what gauge of aluminium
- Condition of the fascia behind the old gutter
- Gutter size against the roof area draining into it
Guards reduce cleaning; they do not eliminate it. Treat any product sold as maintenance-free with suspicion.
Slope should be about a quarter inch per ten feet toward the outlet. Too little and it stands, too much and it looks wrong from the street.
Seamless aluminium formed on site is the default. Sectional gutter from a box store is cheaper and leaks at every joint within a few years.
Locally
Then, less dramatically: shaded slopes that never really dry out. The north side of a house here ages years faster than the south side, and almost every roof gets replaced because of it.
About gutters here
Do I have to hire anyone?
No. Take the quotes, sit on them, compare them, or throw them away. There is nothing to cancel and nothing owed.
What warranty should I expect?
Ask for both in writing: the material warranty from the manufacturer and the workmanship warranty from the contractor. The second one is the one that matters in year three, and it is only as good as the company behind it.
Are gutters included in a re-roof?
Normally a separate line. It is the one add-on that genuinely costs less when done at the same time.
Are the contractors licensed and insured?
Contractors have to give us their state licence number and proof of liability and workers compensation cover before they can receive requests. You should still ask to see current certificates yourself before work starts — a licence can lapse between checks.
Ready for a real number?
Free, no obligation, and your details go to no company until you say yes.