After shelling out $24,000 for a new roof we decided to get new gutters as well. I never liked our old gutters. I didn’t think they were pitched right (they weren’t) and lately the gutters leaked at the seams. Our new gutters don’t have any seams. Diane and I plan to stay in this house for the next 20 years so we decided to invest in home improvements. How much do new gutters cost, you might wonder. In our case, $3200.
Eek. We have a three story house and our gutters almost never work well The roof has a ferocious pitch to it. Our main problem the basement gets damp from the way the water comes down.
If you don’t have good gutters, Patti, your house is going to have foundation problems (that’s the water in the basement). Don’t let the problem grow!
Glad to see it wasn’t you up on that ladder.
The second year we were in our house we covered the gutters – one of the best ideas I ever had.
Congratulations on the latest improvement, George.
Beth, I hope we’re done with Home Improvements for a while. The new gutters look great! They’re a vast improvement over the old, leaky gutters.
That seems to be a very reasonable price, George.
We’re going to have to put up new gutters one of these years. Not that we have any problems, just that they are a little narrow for the roof mass and when it really opens up they overtop in two places. That water goes onto a safe place and is carried across some flagstones and into the flower beds far from the house, but still, it shouldn’t happen. We do have ours cleaned twice a year, as the winds fills them with pine needles and leaves, especially in the fall. It’s too high and steep for an old guy like me to get up there. Thirty years ago I wouldn’t have thought twice about doing it myself.
We checked around and found the estimate for our new gutters was in the ballpark, Rick. It didn’t seem right to buy a new roof and then stay with 25-year-old leaky gutters. So we did the whole shot. I have never liked heights so there isn’t enough money in the world to get me up on a roof.
Now we know why the stock market is at record levels – the Kelleys are on the case!
Jeff and Jackie: you two get an Assist along with the Kelley Economic Stimulation Plan!
I’d say that price was right, George. I got a set of Leaf Guard gutters when I retired and they seem to be doing the trick.
Bob, you did the Right Thing getting those Leaf Guard gutters when you retired. You can sleep well at night…and so can I.
As Jackie pointed out to me we did our share by extending the Florida trip a full extra week .