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A newer two-storey home with grey vinyl siding, stone accents and an attached garage, fitted with white seamless eavestroughs and downspouts running down to the lawn.

Eavestroughs · Soffit · Fascia · Airdrie, AB

Seamless Eavestroughs in Airdrie, Built for Hail, Chinook Ice and Heavy Snow

A gutter only matters if the water ends up somewhere harmless. We form seamless aluminum eavestroughs on site, set the slope with a laser, fasten them with hidden hangers into solid wood, and send every downspout away from your foundation. Guards, soffit, fascia, drip edge, repairs and hail replacement across Airdrie, Balzac, Crossfield, Irricana, Cochrane and north Calgary.

Eavestrough and Roof Edge Services, by the Job

Six groups of work, from 5-inch seamless aluminum on a new house to box gutters on a townhouse complex. Each service page explains how the system works, what decides the specification in Airdrie weather, and when you would be better off choosing something else.

Start With the Problem You Have

Most people do not phone asking for a gutter profile. They phone because water is coming over the front of the trough, ice is hanging off the eaves or the basement is damp. These are the most common roof-edge problems around Airdrie.

Ice ridges and icicles at the eaves after every chinook

A mid-winter thaw melts the snow, the refreeze locks it into the trough and along the roof edge, and meltwater backs up under the shingles. Fixing it starts with why the snow is melting.

Winter Ice Dam & Attic Frost Mitigation

Water in the basement after a heavy rain

Overflowing troughs and short downspouts dump roof water beside the foundation, and Airdrie’s clay soils hold it against the wall instead of draining it away.

Foundation Water Pooling & Basement Leak Prevention

Dented troughs, crushed downspouts and cracked soffit after hail

Damage recorded with photos and measurements for your insurance claim, then replacement, often in heavier .032" coil that stands up better next time.

Airdrie Hail & Storm Damage Replacement

Drips at the corners and a stain down the siding

Sealant at mitres and end caps cracks after years of freeze–thaw. Stripping it to bare metal and re-sealing lasts; caulking over the old bead does not.

Corner Joint Re-Sealing & Leak Repair

A run pulling away from the fascia

Loose spikes, missing hangers, a load of ice or soft wood behind the trough. We find which, fix the wood first, re-set the slope and re-anchor with hidden hangers.

Sagging Gutter Re-Pitching & Re-Anchoring

A bare stripe on the lower roof under an upper downspout

Water from an upper roof pouring onto the shingles below washes the granules off in a line and can overshoot the lower eavestrough entirely.

Upper-to-Lower Roof Discharge Elbows
Four Steps

How an Eavestrough Job Runs With Us

The slope and the fastening matter as much as the trough. Here is what happens between the first call and the day we pack up, and what you get to see at each point.

A gloved hand points at the end cap of an older white eavestrough, where cracked sealant has left a dark water stain on the fascia below.
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We Walk the Roof Edge First

We check the slope of every run, the condition of mitres and end caps, how the troughs are fastened and whether the fascia behind them is solid. Then we follow each downspout to see where its water actually ends up. The quote says what to fix, what can wait, and when a repair beats replacement.

Why Airdrie Is Hard on Eavestroughs

A gutter system that would last for decades somewhere mild gets tested here by three things at once: hail in summer, ice in winter, and ground that will not take the water away. Every specification we recommend comes back to one of them.

Hail

On 13 June 2020 a hailstorm hit northeast Calgary, Airdrie and Rocky View County hardest, leaving more than a billion dollars in insured damage. At the time it was the costliest hailstorm in Canadian history. The corridor between Calgary and Airdrie is one of the most hail-prone parts of the country, and hail season runs roughly June to August. Dented troughs hold water, crushed downspouts stop draining, and heavier coil holds up better.

Hail and storm damage replacement

Chinook freeze–thaw ice

Chinook winds bring mid-winter thaws followed by hard refreezes, and that cycle happens more times per winter here than in most Canadian cities. Each thaw sends meltwater into the eavestrough; each refreeze turns it to ice. Troughs with poor slope, loose hangers or plugged outlets fill with ice and pull away from the fascia, while heat escaping into the attic builds ice dams above them.

Ice dam and attic frost mitigation

Clay soils and foundation water

Airdrie sits on flat to gently rolling prairie with clay-rich soils that drain slowly. Water dropped at the foundation soaks in along the backfill instead of draining away, which is how a short downspout becomes a damp basement. The City of Airdrie’s drainage bylaw also says downspouts must not discharge onto a neighbour’s property or a walkway.

Foundation water and basement leak prevention

Based in Airdrie, Working in Its Neighbourhoods

The eavestrough problems on a street depend a lot on when it was built. Airdrie’s older homes in Hillcrest, Big Springs and Old Town tend to have original fascia, older fastening and mature trees. Woodside and Fairways grew around the golf course through the 1990s and 2000s, and their sealant and hangers are commonly showing their age. Coopers Crossing, Bayside, the Canals, Sagewood and Luxstone went up largely through the 2000s and 2010s, and Kings Heights, Ravenswood, Midtown and Prairie Springs are newer again, often with builder-grade downspouts that end too close to the house.

We are at 1700 Market St in Airdrie, working in the same neighbourhoods and the same weather described on this page.

Eavestroughs in Airdrie, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

Questions Before You Book

How do you work out what my eavestroughs actually need?
We start by looking, not selling. That means walking the house, checking the slope of each run, the condition of the mitres and end caps, how the hangers are fastened and whether the fascia behind them is solid, and watching where each downspout sends its water. Stains on the fascia, washed-out mulch and ice build-up tell their own story. The recommendation that follows says what to fix first, what can wait, and when a repair makes more sense than a new system.
Can eavestroughs be installed in an Airdrie winter?
Often, yes. Seamless aluminum can be formed and hung in cold weather on dry days, and chinooks give plenty of workable windows. Some jobs are better left to warmer weather: sealant cures poorly on frosty metal, and cold asphalt shingles are brittle, so sliding drip edge or guards under them risks cracking. Snow and ice on the roof edge also have to be safe to work around. We will tell you honestly whether your job should go ahead now or wait for spring.
Do I need a permit to replace eavestroughs, soffit or fascia?
Replacing eavestroughs, soffit or fascia on an existing house generally does not need a building permit in Alberta, but a re-roof, structural work on the fascia or rafter tails, or commercial work may, so check with the municipality before work starts. Where the water goes is a separate question: in Airdrie the drainage bylaw sets rules for downspout discharge, and other municipalities and Rocky View County set their own. On an acreage, Rocky View County is the authority, and roof water should stay away from wells and septic fields.
How do I know the work was done properly?
You should be able to see it. Water should run to the outlets after a rain, with nothing standing in the troughs and nothing dripping behind them. Hangers should be evenly spaced and screwed into solid wood, mitres cleanly sealed, and every downspout should discharge away from the foundation onto ground that slopes away. We walk the finished job with you, and we take photos of anything that gets covered up, such as fascia repairs behind new capping.

Overflowing, Leaking, Sagging or Hail-Dented?

Call and describe what the water is doing. We will tell you what is likely causing it and whether it needs a repair or a new system. Want a ballpark first? See typical eavestrough prices for Airdrie.