Gutters and downspouts,
built to protect your foundation.
Your gutters have one job: move roof water away from the house before it can reach the foundation. We install seamless gutters, downspouts, and guards built for Colorado snowmelt and summer downpours. We come to you across Colorado's Front Range.
- Licensed and insured
- Backed by E&M Roofing's 18 years on CO roofs
- Free inspections
- Workmanship guarantee
Why gutters matter in Colorado.
A gutter system is quiet infrastructure. When it works, water disappears and nobody thinks about it, and when it fails, the evidence shows up at your fascia, your basement, and eventually your foundation. Colorado hands gutters four particular problems to solve.
Foundation protection
In a heavy storm, your roof collects every drop that lands on it and sends it to the edges. Without gutters carrying that water to a downspout and away from the house, it falls in a line along the foundation, where it saturates the soil, finds its way into basements and crawl spaces, and over the years contributes to settling and cracks. Foundation repair costs many times what gutters do, which is the whole argument in one sentence.
Spring snowmelt
Colorado can stack a foot of snow on your roof in March and melt it off in two sunny days. All of that water has to go somewhere, and gutters that are sagging, pulled loose from the fascia, or packed with last fall's pine needles dump it straight at the foundation during the wettest weeks of the year.
Hail damage
The same hail that bruises shingles dents aluminum gutters, flattens the slope that makes them drain, and splits seams. Sometimes that damage is cosmetic and sometimes it stops the system from working, and we tell you honestly which yours is. Either way, dented gutters are usually part of the same insurance claim as the roof.
Ice dams
When attic heat melts rooftop snow that refreezes at the cold eaves, ice builds up in and above the gutters. Clogged or poorly pitched gutters make it worse by holding water where it can freeze, and the weight of built-up ice can pull a gutter run off the fascia entirely. Clean, well-hung gutters with solid attachment are part of the defense.
Install, repair, and replace.
From a full seamless system to re-hanging a sagging run, one crew handles it with a written scope and price up front. Here is what we do.
Seamless Aluminum Gutters
Roll-formed in your driveway from a continuous coil, cut to the exact length of each wall, and available in colors that match or complement your trim. Five-inch suits most homes, and six-inch earns its place on large roofs, steep pitches, and metal roofs that shed water fast.
Downspouts & Extensions
A gutter is only as good as where its downspout puts the water, so we plan discharge points around your grading, walkways, and landscaping, and add extensions that carry water well clear of the foundation instead of dropping it at the corner.
Gutter Guards
Guards matched to what actually falls on your roof, which along the Front Range usually means pine needles, cottonwood fluff, and spring seed pods. You get fewer clogs and far fewer ladder trips, along with an honest conversation about what guards can and cannot do.
Repairs & Re-Hangs
Sagging runs re-pitched and re-fastened, leaking seams sealed, loose hangers replaced, and the fascia checked while we are up there. Plenty of gutters need an afternoon of attention rather than replacement, and we say so when that is true.
Replacement After Hail
When hail has dented, flattened, or split your gutters, we document the damage for your insurance claim and replace them alongside the roof, so the whole exterior gets handled as one project instead of two.
Signs your gutters need attention.
Gutters usually announce their problems if you know where to look. Walk the house during or right after a rain and check for these.
- Water pouring over the front edge in rain, or sheeting behind the gutter and down the fascia
- Sagging runs, visible gaps between the gutter and the roofline, or hangers pulling loose
- Peeling paint, soft wood, or stains on the fascia and soffits
- Erosion trenches, splash marks, or pooling water along the foundation after storms
- Damp basement corners or a musty crawl space after spring snowmelt
- Dents, flattened sections, or split seams after a hailstorm
- Heavy icicles and ice buildup at the eaves every winter
How it works.
Gutters are among the fastest exterior projects a home can get, and we keep the process just as simple. It takes four steps from the first look to the final walkthrough.
Inspection
We look at the gutters, the fascia behind them, the downspout discharge points, and where the water actually goes, and we take photos so you see what we see. If hail is involved, we document for your claim from the first visit.
Written scope and price
You get a written scope and price up front, for a repair, a re-hang, or a full replacement. If anything changes once we are on the ladder, you approve it in writing before we continue.
Installation, usually in a day
Most homes are measured, formed on site, hung, and finished in a single day. Seamless runs are rolled in your driveway to the exact length of each wall, pitched to drain, and fastened into solid wood.
Walkthrough and guarantee
We test the flow, walk the finished job with you, haul away the old material, and back the installation with our workmanship guarantee in writing, on top of the manufacturer's warranty on the materials.
Hail-dented gutters and your roof claim.
Along the Front Range, the storm that totals a roof rarely spares the gutters. Here is how that plays out in a claim, in plain English.
Usually part of the same claim as the roof
Adjusters treat gutters and downspouts as part of the exterior scope, so hail-dented gutters are typically covered in the same claim as the roof rather than needing a separate one. We inspect and photograph them together so the claim reflects everything the storm touched, not just the shingles.
We document, you decide
Our job is honest documentation: photos of every dented run, notes on what is cosmetic versus what stops the system from draining, and a contractor on site when your adjuster walks the property. The decision to file stays with you, and if the damage clearly will not meet your deductible, we tell you that before you file.
Your deductible is never waived
Colorado law prohibits contractors from paying, waiving, or rebating your insurance deductible, and any contractor who offers to is breaking the law and cutting that money out of the materials and labor on your job. We put this in writing on every insurance project because it protects you.
Gutter questions, answered.
If the hail that damaged your roof also dented your gutters, they are usually covered in the same claim, since adjusters treat gutters and downspouts as part of the exterior scope. We photograph and document the gutter damage alongside the roof so nothing gets missed, and the decision to file stays with you. One thing to know up front: Colorado law prohibits contractors from waiving or covering your insurance deductible, so anyone who offers to is breaking the law.
Seamless gutters are roll-formed on site from a continuous coil of aluminum, so each run is one piece from corner to corner with joints only where they are unavoidable. Fewer seams means fewer places to leak, sag, or pull apart in a freeze, which is why seamless has become the standard for new installations.
Five-inch is the residential standard and handles most Colorado roofs well. Six-inch carries considerably more water and earns its place on large roofs, steep pitches, and metal roofs that shed snowmelt and monsoon-season rain fast. We measure your roof area and pitch and recommend one or the other for a reason, not by default.
Most homes are done in a day. We form the gutters on site to your exact measurements, hang and pitch them, set the downspouts, and clean up before we leave. Larger homes and jobs that include fascia repair can run longer, and we tell you that before we start.
Good ones do. Micro-mesh guards handle the pine needles and cottonwood fluff that clog Front Range gutters every season, and they cut cleanings dramatically. No product makes gutters completely maintenance-free, and we say so rather than promise otherwise, but the right guard matched to what actually falls on your roof means far fewer ladder trips.
Often it is the smart move, since the crew is already there, the drip edge and flashing tie the two systems together, and hail that totals a roof has usually dented the gutters too. If your gutters are in good shape we tell you to keep them, and if they are damaged, replacing both at once usually means one claim, one project, and one cleanup.
Send the water where it belongs.
Get a free gutter inspection with a written scope and price up front, and honest advice about repair versus replacement. Any change gets your approval before we continue.