Appleton Roof Pros provides professional gutters and downspouts in Appleton, WI for residential and commercial properties across the Fox Cities. The gutter problem on a two-roof house is not the gutter. It is where the upper roof puts its water, and on a great many Appleton houses the answer is straight onto the porch roof, the ell or the entry canopy below.
A downspout from an upper gutter discharging directly onto a shallow membrane will cut through it. The flow is concentrated, it lands in the same spot every time, and it carries grit. Where a section of membrane has failed in the middle of an otherwise sound field, that is nearly always the cause and it is the first thing we look for from the ground.
The fix is cheap and it is skipped constantly. An extension carried across the low roof to its own outlet, or a splash pan bedded under the discharge point, or better still a downspout routed down the wall past the low roof entirely. Any of the three costs less than the membrane repair it prevents, and we quote it as part of a low-slope job rather than as an extra.
At the low end of any roof-to-wall run, a kick-out diverter turns the last of the water away from the wall. Leave it off and the runoff goes behind the cladding, which is how a roofing detail turns into rotten sheathing, stained plaster and eventually carpentry. They cost a few dollars, they are visible from the yard, and their absence is worth checking on any house you are buying.
For the gutters themselves we run six-inch K-style aluminum trough formed on site, on hidden hangers screwed into solid wood, with three-by-four outlets rather than the standard size. Six-inch trough with oversized outlets carries the volume off a steep field far better, and on a deep-eaved house it also stops the overshoot that soaks the porch below during a hard rain. Hangers go into rafter tails or solid blocking, never into fascia alone.
Discharge on the older, narrower lots takes some thought. Eight feet between houses is not room to send water at your neighbor's foundation, and the correct route is usually to the terrace, the alley or the front walk with a buried extension. We will tell you where the water is going before we install anything, because a gutter that solves your roof and floods your basement is not a solution.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — a pitch reading taken at every plane with a two-foot level, flat-lock metal pans soldered across a porch field, a granulated modified-bitumen cap sheet lapped onto a porch deck, apron flashing carried up behind the wall course above the roof, kick-out diverters at the low end of every roof-to-wall run, tapered sleepers built up to give a dead-flat ell some fall — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Appleton and nearby communities including Grand Chute, Greenville, Harrison, Shawano.
What We Handle
Everything our gutters and downspouts in Appleton covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of gutters and downspouts work in Appleton, WI. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
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- 6 inch k style gutter
- downspout discharge onto porch roof
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- upper roof downspout extension
- kick out flashing gutter
- narrow lot downspout drainage
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Appleton services.
Materials, equipment and how we do gutters and downspouts
The difference between gutters and downspouts that lasts and gutters and downspouts that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with a pitch reading taken at every plane with a two-foot level, flat-lock metal pans soldered across a porch field, a granulated modified-bitumen cap sheet lapped onto a porch deck, apron flashing carried up behind the wall course above the roof, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every Appleton job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. Years of roofing work in the Fox Cities means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do gutters and downspouts outside Appleton
Appleton Roof Pros covers Appleton and the surrounding communities of the Fox Cities. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Gutters and Downspouts in Grand Chute, WI — Outagamie County, population 23,831
- Gutters and Downspouts in Greenville, WI — Outagamie County, population 12,687
- Gutters and Downspouts in Harrison, WI — Calumet County, population 12,418
- Gutters and Downspouts in Shawano, WI — Shawano County, population 9,243
- Gutters and Downspouts in New London, WI — Waupaca County, population 7,348
- Gutters and Downspouts in Buchanan, WI — Outagamie County, population 6,857
Start on the Appleton Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Appleton Chooses Appleton Roof Pros
- ✓We put a level on every roof section and write the pitch on the estimate, because the number below 2:12 is what decides whether a shingle is even permitted up there.
- ✓The front porch, the kitchen ell and the back stoop get their own line, their own material and their own price. One figure for the whole address hides the part that is actually failing.
- ✓Where a shallow roof meets a wall we lift a course of siding and put the flashing behind it. Metal slipped under the existing course and caulked along the top edge is the most common defect we find on the pre-1940 blocks.
- ✓We tell owners the main field has years left in it. Quite often the appendage needs doing now and the field does not, and writing that down costs us the bigger sale on purpose.
The standards behind gutters and downspouts
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The gutters and downspouts work we do in Appleton follows published industry standards: NRCA publishes the Roofing Manual, the industry's reference for details and slope minimums, and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association sets the shingle application and ventilation guidance the warranties reference. If a contractor cannot tell you which standard a detail comes from, that is worth asking about before you sign.
Every gutters and downspouts project in Appleton gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (844) 511-2320 for a free gutters and downspouts free estimate in Appleton, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.