Detroit gutters, fixed or replaced.
Overflowing, sagging or pulling loose?
Detroit’s flooding handbook names failing gutters among the most common reasons water pools against a house, where it can seep into the basement.
A referral service for Detroit homeowners. An automated assistant answers; calls are recorded.
Typical cost: $6 – $12 per foot installed for seamless aluminum, from three Metro Detroit contractors in 2026 (one of them); $900 – $2,400 for a complete replacement on a typical house
- Cost to call
- Nothing
- Answered by
- Automated assistant
- Hours
- Any hour
What people call about
Replace the whole run
$6 – $12 per foot
Repair what’s up there
$75 – $400 per repair
Guards
$1 – $3 per foot
Fall gutter and leaf cleanup
$69 an hour per worker
Gutter prices are one Metro Detroit contractor’s posted prices, July 2026; leaf cleanup is a Metro Detroit lawn company’s, February 2026. Not Detroit quotes. Every range and its source.
How it works
Tell us what the gutters are doing
One gutter contractor, not five. You’ll hear back either way.
Get the price in writing
Your roof is already on your water bill.
Detroit charges for drainage by hard surface, and every home gets an automatic 25% credit that assumes the downspouts already run onto the lawn. the drainage charge · the city's downspout guide
Go look at where your downspouts end.
Questions
Checked October 10, 2026
When can I call?
Any hour. An automated assistant takes your details, and you’ll hear back from a gutter contractor who serves Detroit or from us.
Do gutters need a permit in Detroit?
The city's permit pages do not say, for gutters on their own. The city's own instruction is to check its permits page, or to let the contractor handle the permitting, and the buildings desk is 313-224-3202 (the city's page).
Will gutter guards stop ice dams?
The state's extension service says ice dams come from attic heat at the eaves. It says nothing about gutters — new gutters and guards will not stop one (the extension article).
How often should gutters be cleaned?
The city says to clean them at least twice a year, more often if there are trees over the roof. It also says to check that they are pitched toward the downspouts and that each elbow funnels into the one below it (the city's drainage guide). Fall gutter and leaf cleanup
Where is the downspout supposed to end?
Onto grass, at least five feet from the house, never onto the driveway (the city's guide). A city program and a state standard say three feet (the program · the standard). Ask for five.
Does a gutter contractor have to be licensed?
Michigan lists gutters as its own trade, and any job totaling $600 or more in labor and materials must be done by a contractor licensed by the state (what the state tells homeowners). Ask to see the pocket card, and check any license yourself at the state license lookup.
Will I be charged for the visit?
Calling us costs nothing. Some contractors charge to come out and get on the roof. Ask before they come, and get the price in writing.