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Who does everyone use for gutters on your house?

Posted on 7/2/26 at 6:30 pm
Posted by King of New Orleans
In front of The Hungry Tiger
Member since Jul 2011
11064 posts
Posted on 7/2/26 at 6:30 pm
Also, is it normal to just put them in a couple spots like where rain dumps off by the front door and on the back patio? Or do you need to go all the way around?
Posted by LEASTBAY
Member since Aug 2007
16619 posts
Posted on 7/2/26 at 7:04 pm to
Voodoo roofing did mine. The 2 guys they have are fantastic. In Metairie a few months ago.
Posted by Spankum
The Sip
Member since Jan 2007
62805 posts
Posted on 7/2/26 at 8:33 pm to
I never put them on mine because they cost an assload. Just put some flagstone where the gulleys dump off the roof.
Posted by Commander Rabb
Member since Feb 2020
1354 posts
Posted on 7/2/26 at 8:34 pm to
Acadiana
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
16900 posts
Posted on 7/2/26 at 8:37 pm to
Most builders of non starter homes in Houston put them in the front and the back only, depending on the config of the roof. I think they're mostly there to reduce damage to landscaping and pitting of ground soil. You can also identify heavy runoff areas and dump river rock there to prevent erosion, etc.

I do have one friend that because of roof config, desperately needs them to transfer water away from the side of his house that gets very little sun, because it's a swamp when it rains.
Posted by MizunoDude
Member since May 2020
1162 posts
Posted on 7/2/26 at 9:07 pm to
Mind in The gutter. Jimmy is awesome.
Posted by bonstonker
Member since Jan 2008
389 posts
Posted on 7/5/26 at 12:04 am to
I put gutters on the front.
Put gutters on carport at rear side of house.
For backyard the patio has gutters i tied underground to my catch basins in the yard.
Neighbor side I have no gutters

I did it through home depot 10 years ago with what ever contractor they used.
Got a good price and they survived Hurricane Ida no problem while the roof did not.
Posted by couyon2
Member since May 2019
91 posts
Posted on 7/5/26 at 8:06 pm to
American Gutter and Awning in Lafayette.

Veteran owned and a great guy. Was about $7/ft and $100/downspout. I did front and my back patio and it was around $1600 if I remember right. Guy was done in just a couple of hours.
Posted by oldskule
Down South
Member since Mar 2016
25686 posts
Posted on 7/5/26 at 8:38 pm to
Gutters are great, but be prepared to clean them twice per year.....if you do that, they are a serious benefit.
If you neglect the cleaning, you will have problems.

Mid City Roofing (BR) did mine....
Posted by Tree_Fall
Member since Mar 2021
1296 posts
Posted on 7/6/26 at 11:44 am to
For many homes roof runoff is the largest source of water to the lot. If it does not drain quickly away from the house, you need gutters and possibly buried drains in the wet areas. A new house may have great drainage that gets bad after a few decades due to settling, foundation plantings, trees, and things your neighbors do. I had gutters installed on wet sides by Premiere South and drains installed by Samson Services. Both are BTR area.
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
20158 posts
Posted on 7/6/26 at 1:05 pm to
quote:

is it normal to just put them in a couple spots like where rain dumps off by the front door and on the back patio? Or do you need to go all the way around?



Your house, put gutters wherever you want. You could also just put a deflector on your roof that nails down under the shingles near the eave to guide the water away from the area of the front door.

Look it up on u-tube to get an idea of what I'm talking about.
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