Santa Ana, CA
Gutter replacement in Santa Ana
Gutters are the least interesting part of a roof and the cause of a surprising share of its problems.
Describe the gutters job
Three questions, then the address. Up to three Santa Ana contractors who do this work.
You are on the list.
No provider in Santa Ana 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.
- Number and position of downspouts
- Gutter size against the roof area draining into it
- Condition of the fascia behind the old gutter
- Where the water is discharged, and how far from the foundation
- Seamless or sectional, and what gauge of aluminium
Downspouts are where most systems actually fail — too few of them, or discharging straight against the foundation.
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
Close behind that: enough salt in the air to matter to fasteners over twenty years. The covering will reach its rated life here. Plain galvanised fixings holding it down will not.
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 time of year is best to re-roof in Santa Ana?
Here, the long dry run from May to October is the easy window. November through March is when the phone rings hardest, which means less flexibility on dates and less room on price.
What happens to my information?
It goes to a maximum of three roofing contractors working in Santa Ana, and to nobody else. We do not sell it as a mailing list and we do not post it anywhere public. Our privacy policy sets out exactly what is shared.
Do you handle commercial buildings?
Yes. Commercial requests go to contractors who do low-slope and flat systems rather than to residential crews. Say so on the property question and it routes correctly.
Get it priced
Free, no obligation, and your details go to no company until you say yes.