Gutters and Drainage in Nashville & Middle Tennessee
Most of the roof damage we are called out for started as water that had nowhere to go. A gutter is not trim: it is a drainage system with a capacity, and the number that matters is not the one on the box — it is the roof area it has to carry when a Tennessee storm empties over it.
The inspection is free, with a plain answer about what the roof needs.
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- Profile
- Seamless K-style, 5 or 6 inch
- Capacity
- ~5,520 sq ft adjusted area at 5 inch; ~7,960 at 6
- Downspouts
- One per 25–35 ft of run; 40 ft maximum between
- Slope
- About ¼ inch of fall per 10 feet
Choose gutters when
- The roof is being replaced anyway. The gutter comes off for the drip edge regardless, and re-hanging an old one on a new roof is the cheapest false economy on the job.
- It overflows in a hard rain and not in a soft one. That is capacity, not debris, and no amount of cleaning fixes it.
- There is water in the basement or a soft spot at the foundation. That is usually the downspout's exit rather than the gutter itself.
- Fascia or soffit is soft behind the gutter line — the gutter has been failing for a while and the wood is telling you how long.
When it is the wrong answer
- The grading sends water back at the house. A new gutter will move the same water to the same place, and the dirt is the cheaper fix.
- One run clogs every autumn under one tree. That is a cleaning schedule, and we will say so.
Installing gutters, step by step.
- 01
The size comes out of arithmetic
Roof area draining into the run, multiplied by a pitch factor, multiplied by the local design rainfall rate. That number is compared against the profile's published capacity — and it is why two houses on the same street can need different gutters.
- 02
Usually it is downspouts, not bigger gutters
A gutter overflows because water cannot leave it fast enough, and adding an outlet is cheaper and less visible than moving to a larger profile. Where the run is long or the pitch is steep, the extra downspout is the actual fix.
- 03
Where the water goes after the downspout
A downspout that ends at the foundation has moved the problem four feet. Extensions, splash blocks or a buried line are part of the conversation, because the point of the system is to get water away from the house rather than off the roof.
What people ask us first.
- Five inch or six?
- Five-inch K-style is the standard starting point and carries most houses. Six inch is for large or steep roofs, and for runs that take a lot of area into one outlet. The honest answer comes after the roof is measured, not from the driveway.
- Are gutter guards worth it?
- Under heavy tree cover they turn a seasonal chore into an occasional one. They are not a substitute for capacity: a guarded gutter that was always too small for its roof will still overflow, and now you cannot see why.
- Why seamless?
- A seam is a joint and a joint is where a gutter eventually leaks. Seamless runs are rolled to the length of the elevation on site, so the only joints on the house are at the corners and the outlets.
Talk to us about gutters.
A leak, a missing shingle, a roof that has simply reached the end of its life — describe it and we will come look. The inspection is free. If it is urgent, calling is faster.
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