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Gutter service Charlotte NC runs at one published rate across the whole city, from the willow oak canopy over the older wards to the open lots in the newer south. Quoted by the foot, with no appointment needed to get a number.

Get a written quote, Charlotte

Tell us the footage, the storeys and which part of the city you are in.

No obligation and no in-home sales visit. If it turns out to be a blocked downspout rather than the replacement you were quoted, we will say so and price the smaller job.

Quoted In 48 HoursWe are based here, so a Charlotte address is the shortest drive we make. A written quote inside two working days, with no appointment needed to get one.
Published PricesPublished per-foot rates for gutter work, the same across the whole metro. No call-out fee and sales tax already in the number.
Photographed And Flow-TestedEvery run photographed and every downspout run with a hose before we invoice. You see the work you cannot reach.

Why Charlotte homeowners call us

Every one of these is something any gutter company in Charlotte could offer, and almost none of them do.

We are based in CharlotteWe are based here, so a Charlotte address is the shortest drive we make. Every neighbourhood in the city is a short drive rather than an edge-of-radius favour, which is why the rate here is the same one published on every page of this site.
The price is on the page before you callPer foot, by profile, with removal, downspouts and fascia priced separately. Nobody else ranking for this work in Mecklenburg County publishes a rate at all, which is exactly why the same job gets quoted at wildly different numbers.
We re-hang before we replaceA run that sags, weeps at the mitres or holds water usually has nothing wrong with the metal. Saying so in Charlotte turns down the larger job, and it is the correct answer more often than not.
You get photographs, not assurancesBefore and after from the ladder on every run, and each downspout filmed running clear. You are hiring us because you will not go up there, so proof is the only honest way to sell the work.
No appointment, no expiring discountQuotes are emailed and stand for 30 days. There is no evening presentation, no number that falls when you decline it, and nobody rings you three times a day afterwards.
Gutters are the whole businessNot a roofing company with a gutter division and not a window-cleaning round that also does gutters. Across this market those two make up most of the field, and it is why so few of them will discuss a downspout size.
Every rate on this site is published before you call.Per foot, by profile, with removal, downspouts and fascia priced separately and sales tax already in the number.
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How a Charlotte job goes with us

No evening presentation, no three tiers, no discount that expires tonight. This is what happens from the first call to the last flood test.

01

Tell us the footage and the storeys

Roughly how much roof edge, how many storeys, and what it is doing now. That is enough for a real range on the phone, and the call sometimes ends with us telling you it is a downspout rather than a gutter.

02

A written quote before anyone drives to Charlotte

Itemised by profile, footage, downspout count and size, removal and any fascia, with sales tax already in it. Emailed within 48 hours, good for 30 days, and no appointment needed to receive it.

03

We measure and probe the board

Runs measured properly and the fascia tested where the hangers will land. We are based here, so a Charlotte address is the shortest drive we make. You do not need to be home, because all of it happens outside.

04

Formed on site and hung on hidden hangers

Seamless gutter rolled to the length of the run from the machine on the trailer, hung at 24-inch centres, corners hand-mitred to the true angle of your roof. Never spike-and-ferrule, at any price.

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Flood-tested, photographed, then invoiced

Every run and every outlet run with a hose while you watch, and photographs from the ladder with the invoice. Where a drainage connection needs review in Charlotte that goes through Mecklenburg County, on 980-314-2633.

What does gutter work cost in Charlotte?

One set of rates applies across the city. They are the same in Ballantyne as in NoDa, because we do not price by postcode. Where a job genuinely costs more it is the roof rather than the address: a second storey adds 20% to 35% on the runs it affects, and that surcharge is a named line on the quote rather than a mystery inside the total.

JobTypical rangeNote
Written quote, emailedFreeNo appointment needed, and it stands for 30 days
Gutter cleaning, single / two storey$110 - $235Up to 150 ft, flow test and photographs included
Re-hang and re-pitch a run$4 - $8 / ftThe repair most often quoted as a replacement
5-inch seamless aluminium, fitted$8 - $13 / ftHidden hangers and hand-mitred corners included
3x4 downspout, fitted$12 - $18 / ftTwice the cross-section of the 2x3 builder standard
Micro-mesh guard, fitted$7 - $18 / ftAluminium to stainless, and only where it is worth having

How our pricing works

Five things that are true on every job, in every town we cover.

  • Sales tax is already in the number.All-inclusive pricing with no hidden fees, so the figure we quote you is the figure on the invoice.
  • No fee to quote, and no appointment needed.We measure from outside, you do not need to be home, and the written quote is emailed within 48 hours.
  • The quote is good for 30 days and it does not move.The number does not move once you have agreed to it, unless you approve a change in scope first.
  • We will beat any written quote.On comparable footage, profile and downspout count. Send us the sheet and we will first say what it leaves out.
  • Nobody here works on commission.Our crews are paid to install and repair, so no one earns more by talking you into a guard you do not need.

The rates above are typical for the Charlotte market, published so you have something to measure any quote against, including ours. They are not quotes, and they are confirmed before any work begins. The figure that matters is the one we put in writing after measuring your actual roof.

What changes from one part of Charlotte to the next

Charlotte sits in Mecklenburg County, where the median build year is around 1997. But the thing that decides gutter work here is not the houses, it is what is growing over them. Roughly 45% of this city is under tree canopy, it has about 200,000 street trees, and a significant share of those are willow oak.

Willow oak matters for two reasons that no national article about gutters will tell you. It drops late, carrying on through into winter rather than finishing in October, so a single autumn clean booked to the standard calendar happens halfway through the drop. And its leaves are narrow, a few inches long and under an inch wide, which means they pass straight through screens and perforated guards that would stop a maple leaf.

The four Charlottes, from a gutter point of view

The city grew outward in distinct waves, and the wave your street belongs to decides how much canopy is over the roof, what is currently holding the gutter up, and how easy it is to get a ladder to it.

  • The pre-1980 core. Dilworth, Plaza Midwood, Elizabeth, Wesley Heights and the older streets around them. Full mature canopy directly over the roofs, the heaviest debris load in the city, and the part of Charlotte most likely to still be hanging on spike-and-ferrule.
  • The newer south and southwest. Ballantyne, Steele Creek and the 1990s and 2000s subdivisions. Large roof planes on two-storey houses, light canopy, and 2x3 downspouts at the minimum count the builder could get away with. The access surcharge does most of the work here.
  • Uptown and South End. Largely multifamily with internal or parapet drainage rather than domestic gutter, so residential work here is the minority and light commercial box gutter is not.
  • Everywhere else. Standard two-storey houses on regular lots, moderate canopy, and the straightforward case for both access and price.
A brick house seen from below at the eaves, with the gutter running along the roof edge and the branches of a mature tree overhanging it.

The number that decides how a Charlotte gutter is sized

NOAA's Atlas 14 precipitation data, queried at uptown Charlotte, puts the five-minute, ten-year rainfall intensity at 7.27 inches an hour. The same data set puts the sixty-minute figure at 2.31. Both are true, and the five-minute number is the one that matters, because a gutter is a short-term reservoir with a hole in it and it is filled and overwhelmed within a couple of minutes rather than over an hour.

Under that load a gutter overflows because the outlet cannot clear it, not because the trough is narrow. The volume-builder standard across this metro is a 2x3 downspout, which has a nominal cross-section of six square inches. A 3x4 has twelve. That is twice the outlet in the same corner of the same house for a few dollars a foot, and on most Charlotte roofs it does considerably more good than moving from 5-inch to 6-inch gutter.

Where the water has to go once it leaves the downspout

North Carolina residential code R801.3 asks for roof drainage to be discharged at least five feet from a foundation wall, or into an approved drainage system, where expansive soils are known to exist. Charlotte sits on Piedmont Cecil-series clay with moderate shrink-swell, so that section is not hypothetical here.

It matters more than it would elsewhere because only about 3% of Mecklenburg County homes have a basement. A downspout discharging at the wall therefore does not announce itself as water in the basement; it shows up months later as a damp crawlspace, efflorescence at the slab edge, or a bed that never dries. Hanging gutter on an existing Charlotte house does not normally need a building permit, and we say so rather than adding a line for one nobody filed. Tying a downspout into a buried or municipal storm system can need review, and that goes through Mecklenburg County on 980-314-2633.

Charlotte questions, answered

The ones that come up on the phone from inside the city specifically.

What does gutter work cost in Charlotte?

Cleaning is $110 to $165 single-storey and $155 to $235 two-storey for up to 150 feet. Re-hanging a run is $4 to $8 a foot, 5-inch seamless aluminium fitted is $8 to $13, downspouts are $9 to $18 and micro-mesh guard is $7 to $18. Two-storey runs carry a named 20% to 35% access surcharge, and sales tax is already in every one of those numbers.

Which Charlotte neighbourhoods do you cover?

All of them. The list further down is the areas we are called to most rather than a boundary. If you are inside Mecklenburg County we cover you, and we also work across the surrounding towns in six more counties: Cabarrus, Union, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln and Rowan.

Does the price change depending on where in Charlotte I am?

No. We publish one set of rates for the whole city. What genuinely changes the number is the roof rather than the address: how many feet of edge it has, how much of that sits above the first floor, and how many downspouts it needs. All three are on the written quote before anything starts.

Why does it matter which part of Charlotte I live in?

Because it changes what is likely to be wrong. In the pre-1980 core there is heavy willow oak directly over the roofs and a real chance the gutter is still hanging on spike-and-ferrule, so the answer is often cleaning frequency and a re-hang. In the newer south the canopy is light and the fault is nearly always an undersized or under-counted downspout on a large roof plane.

Do I need a permit for gutter work in Charlotte?

Not for hanging gutter on an existing house, and we will tell you that rather than adding a fee for one nobody filed. What can need review is tying a downspout into a buried or municipal storm drainage system, which goes through Mecklenburg County on 980-314-2633. We confirm it against your actual address before quoting anything that goes underground.

How often should Charlotte gutters be cleaned?

Twice a year under real canopy and once a year without it, but the timing matters more than the count. Willow oak holds its leaves late and drops into winter, so the single most useful visit under heavy oak is late December or January rather than October. Spring here is pine pollen and catkins rather than leaves, which is a downspout job with a gutter attached.

Do you cover outside the city?

Yes, across seven North Carolina counties: Mecklenburg plus Cabarrus, Gaston, Union, Iredell, Lincoln and Rowan. Each of the twenty-nine towns has its own page covering its housing cohort, the canopy over it and what it takes to reach the roof, because those three things genuinely differ and the rate does not.

How quickly can you get to a Charlotte address?

A Charlotte address is the shortest drive we make, so cleaning and small repairs are usually within the week and installations within two. You get a named day and a call the afternoon before rather than a week-long window. Late autumn and early winter are the busiest weeks of the year, because the oak drop finishes and the whole city notices at once.

Neighbourhoods we cover

We work across the whole city. These are the areas we are called to most, and the list is not exhaustive: if your neighbourhood is not on it, we still cover you.

Towns we cover ›
The Charlotte skyline seen across low-rise rooftops and trees on a clear day.
  • Uptown
  • South End
  • NoDa
  • Dilworth
  • Myers Park
  • Plaza Midwood
  • Elizabeth
  • Ballantyne
  • University City
  • SouthPark
  • Steele Creek
  • Wesley Heights

Gutters overflowing in Charlotte? Tell us what they are doing.

A written, itemised quote inside 48 hours, from the rates published on this site. If it is a blocked downspout rather than the replacement somebody has quoted you, we will say so and price the smaller job.

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Get a written quote

Tell us roughly how many feet and how many storeys, and we will price it.

No obligation and no in-home sales visit. If it turns out to be a blocked downspout rather than the replacement you were quoted, we will say so and price the smaller job.