Gutter installation in St. Augustine

Gutters in St. Augustine

St. Augustine splits into three very different gutter markets. The historic core, Lincolnville, Davis Shores and the older streets around Flagler College, has 1900s–1950s frame and coquina-block homes with box gutters, exposed rafter tails and, on the island, salt air. Anastasia Island, St. Augustine Beach and Crescent Beach are mostly 1970s–2000s homes that need stainless hardware and 6-inch runs for the wind-driven rain. And the enormous west-side growth along CR 210, SR 16 and I-95, meaning World Golf Village, Silverleaf, Shearwater, Murabella and St. Augustine Shores, is 2000s–2020s construction under pine, with builder-grade gutters or none at all.

Gutter installation in St. Augustine's new subdivisions

If you searched for “gutter installation St Augustine” and landed here from World Golf Village or Shearwater, this is your section. The biggest job here is straightforward: a two-story home built in the last 15 years with 5-inch gutters and 2x3 downspouts on a roof that needs 6-inch and 3x4, or a single-story with gutters over the front entry only. The back wall overflows every afternoon in July and the mulch bed under it has a gully. Gutter installation St. Augustine homeowners in World Golf Village and Shearwater need is usually a full seamless loop, 180–240 feet, with enough downspouts and extensions onto turf that slopes away, for $1,700–$3,600.

Pine straw is the maintenance issue in every one of these neighborhoods. The preserves and buffers the developers left are slash pine, and the needles fall on the roofs for most of the year. We fold stainless micro-mesh into the install quote when the lot backs onto pine, because it is cheapest then and it is the only guard that keeps needles out.

Older homes downtown and on the island

Lincolnville and Davis Shores have homes where a gutter was never in the plan. Exposed rafter tails mean roof-strap hangers or a new fascia board; box gutters on the 1920s houses need a metal liner or a modern half-round hung in front of them. Salt air on Davis Shores and Anastasia Island means stainless screws and straps on every job, or the run will be hanging after the next nor'easter while the aluminum is still perfect.

What we do here

• Gutter repair: corners, re-hangs, downspouts, storm-peeled sections, fascia
• Seamless installation and replacement: 5-inch and 6-inch aluminum, sized from the roof
• First-time gutters on homes that never had them
• Gutter guards: micro-mesh under pine, screen under the oaks
• Gutter cleaning: late May and December

Permits and the historic district

Most gutter work needs no permit. When a job does, usually because it is tied to fascia, soffit or roofing on a permitted project, it has to be pulled under a Florida contractor license, and we hold what that requires. Inside St. Augustine's historic district, exterior changes visible from the street may need review by the city's Historic Architectural Review Board; half-round gutters in a period-appropriate color usually pass without trouble, and we will help with the paperwork.

Pricing in St. Augustine

Repairs $150–$600. Seamless installation $9–$15 per foot west of the river, $10–$17 on the island with stainless hardware. Cleaning $120–$300 by house size. Full tables on the cost page.

Nearby

St. Augustine, St. Augustine Beach, Anastasia Island, Vilano Beach, Davis Shores, St. Augustine Shores, World Golf Village, Silverleaf, Shearwater, Murabella and Nocatee. Zip codes 32080, 32084, 32086, 32092 and 32095. St. Johns County is standard service territory with no travel charge.