Pittsburgh · Allegheny County · City neighborhoods to Cranberry
Gutters in Pittsburgh: repair, replacement, box gutters and guards
Thirty-eight inches of rain, twenty-eight of snow, ice at the eaves every February, and a housing stock that runs from 1905 brick with built-in box gutters to 1965 ranches with their first set of aluminum. We repair what can be repaired, replace what can't, and put the price in writing first.
Gutter services across Pittsburgh
Five things, done properly: repairs, seamless replacement, guards, cleaning, and the built-in box gutters that most crews won't touch.
Gutter Repair
Leaking corners, sagging runs, ice-dam damage, separated downspouts and soft fascia — fixed in a morning with a written price first.
Gutter Repair →Seamless Gutter Installation
Seamless aluminum formed on site to fit every wall, sized for Pittsburgh rain and snow load, with 3x4 downspouts where the roof needs them.
Seamless Gutter Installation →Gutter Guards
Micro-mesh, screen and reverse-curve guards, with a straight answer on which ones survive maple seeds, oak leaves and a Pittsburgh ice season.
Gutter Guards →Gutter Cleaning
Every run cleared by hand, downspouts flushed, debris bagged, and a ladder look at hangers and fascia — the visit that tells you whether anything needs fixing.
Gutter Cleaning →Box Gutter & Slate-Roof Gutter Repair
Built-in gutters on 1900–1930 brick homes: relined in EPDM or copper, rotted gutter boards rebuilt, and hung gutters on slate without cracking it.
Box Gutter & Slate-Roof Gutter Repair →How a job goes
- You call or text
Tell us what you've seen, roughly how old the house is, and whether the roof is slate or shingle. Photos from the ground help. - We inspect from a ladder
Every run, every corner, the fascia or gutter board behind it, and where each downspout ends up. On box gutters we check the lining and the cornice. - You get a written price
Repairs are priced on the spot; installations and relining within a day. The estimate is good for 30 days and there's no today-only number. - We do the work
Most repairs take a morning. A seamless replacement on an average home is one day. Box gutter relining is usually one or two days depending on length. - We test it
A hose through every run before we leave, and if a joint opens up after the first winter we come back and fix it.
Why gutters fail faster in Pittsburgh
Two numbers explain most of the calls we get. Pittsburgh averages about 38 inches of rain and 28 inches of snow a year, and the winter swings above and below freezing dozens of times. Water gets into a seam or a corner, freezes, opens the joint a little wider, and thaws. By March a corner that was weeping in October is running like a tap. Ice dams at the roof edge do the same thing on a bigger scale: the gutter fills with ice, the ice pushes up under the shingles, and the weight pulls the hangers out of the fascia.
The second problem is the ground. Most of the city is built on hillsides, and a lot of Allegheny County sits on clay and shale that holds water. A downspout dumping next to a stone foundation in Squirrel Hill or Brookline keeps the wall wet for weeks, and on a slope it soaks the ground behind a retaining wall that was never built to hold saturated soil. Half the wet basements we see start at a downspout.
The third is the houses themselves. Pittsburgh has more pre-1930 brick homes with slate roofs and built-in box gutters than almost any city its size — Squirrel Hill, Shadyside, Highland Park, Mt. Lebanon, Dormont, the rowhouses of Lawrenceville and Bloomfield. Those gutters are part of the roof, not hung on it, and when the lining fails the water goes into the cornice and the wall. Then there are the 1950s–70s suburbs — Ross Township, Bethel Park, Monroeville, Moon Township — where the original aluminum is fifty years old and the job is a straightforward seamless replacement.
What we do
Gutter repair — resealing corners and end caps, re-hanging sagging runs on hidden hangers, replacing crushed or separated downspouts, fixing the fascia behind a gutter that overflowed for years. Most repairs are $150–$600. Details on the gutter repair page.
Seamless gutter installation and replacement — 5-inch or 6-inch aluminum formed on site from a single coil, sized to the roof, with 3x4 downspouts where a run carries a lot of roof. A typical Pittsburgh home runs $1,500–$3,200. See installation and replacement and the pricing page.
Box gutter and slate-roof gutter repair — relining built-in gutters with rubber membrane or copper, rebuilding rotted gutter boards, and hanging gutters on slate without cracking it. This is specialist work and it is most of what we do in the older neighborhoods. See box gutter repair.
Gutter guards — micro-mesh, screen and reverse-curve, and a straight answer about which ones survive maple seeds, oak leaves and ice. See gutter guards.
Gutter cleaning — by hand, downspouts flushed, and a ladder look at the hangers and fascia while we're up there. See gutter cleaning.
Where we work
The city neighborhoods from the South Side Slopes to Highland Park; the South Hills through Dormont, Mt. Lebanon, Upper St. Clair and Bethel Park; the North Hills through Ross Township to Cranberry Township; east through Monroeville; west to Moon Township and the airport corridor; and the river towns of Sewickley and Fox Chapel. Area codes 412 and 878. Two places get their own pages because of how much of our work is there: Mt. Lebanon and Fox Chapel. Gutter repair Cranberry Township and gutter repair Monroeville PA homeowners book is the same crew and the same price list as the city.
Registration and insurance
Pennsylvania doesn't license gutter contractors, but the Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act requires anyone doing home improvement work to register with the Attorney General's office, and any job over $500 has to be on a written contract that shows that registration number. We carry it, and it's on every estimate. Ask any contractor for theirs; the Attorney General's site lets you look a number up in a minute.
If you're reading this after a storm
A summer downpour or a September wind has pulled a gutter loose, and now the water is going down the wall. Call and say so. Storm damage goes ahead of routine work, and we photograph everything before we touch it in case you file a claim. If it's a quiet week instead, the storm-season gutter checklist is a ten-minute walk around the house that keeps you off the emergency list.
Towns we cover
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County and the suburbs. Area codes 412, 878.
- Mt. Lebanon
- Fox Chapel
- Cranberry Township
- Monroeville
- Bethel Park
- Upper St. Clair
- Sewickley
- Ross Township
- Moon Township
- Squirrel Hill
Questions we get asked
How much does gutter repair cost in Pittsburgh?
Most repairs land between $150 and $600. Resealing a corner is at the bottom of that range; re-hanging a long sagging run, replacing a downspout and fixing a soft section of fascia together is at the top. Box gutter relining is priced per foot and is a separate conversation — usually $1,200–$4,000 for one side of a house.
What do seamless gutters cost in Pittsburgh?
Seamless aluminum runs about $9–$15 per linear foot installed, including tear-off of the old gutters. A 1960s ranch in Ross Township with 140 feet and four downspouts is around $1,400–$2,100; a two-story colonial in Upper St. Clair with 200 feet and six downspouts is $2,200–$3,200. Six-inch gutter, fascia repair and guards are separate lines.
Do you work on box gutters and slate roofs?
Yes, and it's a big part of what we do. Built-in box gutters on 1900–1930 homes are relined with EPDM rubber or copper, the rotted gutter boards are replaced first, and on slate roofs we use hangers and methods that don't crack the slate. We won't put an aluminum gutter over a failed box gutter and call it fixed.
Can you fix ice dam damage to gutters?
Yes. Ice dams pull hangers, split seams and bend the front lip, and the damage usually shows once the ice is gone in March. We re-hang, reseal or replace the run, and we'll tell you whether the real fix is attic insulation, a heat cable, or both. Ice dam gutter repair Pittsburgh homeowners call about in spring is our busiest work of the year.
Why does my basement get wet after rain?
Check the downspouts first. A downspout that ends at the foundation, or one that was tied into an old clay drain line that has collapsed, puts hundreds of gallons against the wall in a single storm. Extending downspouts six feet or more from the house fixes a surprising number of wet basements for under $200 and is the first thing we look at.
Are you registered and insured?
Pennsylvania requires home improvement contractors to register with the Attorney General and to put any job over $500 on a written contract carrying the registration number. We're registered, we carry general liability and workers' compensation, and we'll send the certificate before the crew arrives. Any contractor should do the same without being asked twice.
Need gutter work in Pittsburgh?
Call for a free estimate. Mon–Sat 7am–7pm.