An Eavestrough Contractor That Follows the Water
Airdrie Gutters installs and repairs eavestroughs, downspouts, soffit and fascia on homes, shops and commercial buildings from 1700 Market St in Airdrie. The work is seamless aluminum and copper gutters, gutter guards, downspouts and drainage, soffit, fascia capping and drip edge, repairs, cleaning and hail damage replacement.
An eavestrough looks the same from the street whether its slope is right or wrong, and whether its hangers are in solid wood or rotted board. The difference shows up in the first chinook or the first heavy rain. So we explain what we are doing and why in plain English, and we show you the parts that end up hidden.
How We Work
Diagnose before selling
Water pouring over the front of a trough is a symptom. It might be a plugged outlet, a run with no fall, a downspout too small for the roof, or an upper roof dumping into one spot. We work out which before recommending anything, and the recommendation follows the cause.
Follow the water to the ground
An eavestrough that collects every drop and then drops it beside the foundation has only moved the problem. On Airdrie’s slow-draining clay soils, where each downspout discharges matters as much as the trough itself, so every job ends at the ground.
Built for snow and ice loads
Hidden hangers 12 to 18 inches apart and at every corner and outlet, screwed into solid wood, not the wider spacing that suits a milder climate. Slope set with a laser, so meltwater from a chinook drains instead of sitting and freezing.
Telling you when not to buy
Every service page on this site has a section on when to choose something else. If a leak only needs re-sealing, guards will not earn their keep, or an ice dam really starts in the attic, we say so.
Wood first, then trim
Capping over a soft fascia board hides the rot and gives hanger screws nothing to hold. Rotted fascia, sub-fascia and soffit boards are replaced before new aluminum goes over them, and photographed so you can see what was covered.
Stopping when it is not ours to do
Roof leaks go to a roofer, attic insulation and air sealing to the insulation trade, and grading or weeping tile to the trades that do it. What the insurer covers after hail is the adjuster’s decision, not ours. We tell you who to call.
What We Do
Who and Where
We work mainly for homeowners in Airdrie, Balzac, Crossfield, Irricana, Cochrane and north Calgary. We also work as the eavestrough, soffit and fascia trade for builders and roofers, for property managers and condo boards, and on acreages, shops and farm buildings in Rocky View County.
Want a Straight Answer About Your Eavestroughs?
Call us, describe what the water is doing, and we will tell you what we think is causing it, and whether it is worth paying anyone to fix.