Ice damage at the eaves
Torn trough, bent hangers and pulled fascia after a hard winter. We will fix the gutter, and we will also tell you if the real problem is attic ventilation and insulation, because otherwise it happens again.
Gutter repair in Edwardsville, at a glance
STL Roof Repair repairs and replaces gutters in Edwardsville, Illinois — seamless aluminum gutters, fascia repair, pitch and hanger correction, downspout capacity, and leaf guards for homes under mature trees. John Beal Roofing has been family-run since 1947 and dispatches Madison County work from 101 W Vandalia St in Edwardsville. Free written estimate, lifetime workmanship warranty on qualifying work, and a live person on (618) 653-3226 or (314) 429-6000 at any hour.
Edwardsville has two gutter conversations going at once. In the older parts of town — the historic streets, the Leclaire district, the big-porch houses near downtown and the rental stock around SIUE — the homes are old, the trees are enormous, and the gutters are working under a constant load of leaf litter. Out in the newer subdivisions off Governors' Parkway and toward Glen Carbon, the houses are young, the trough is builder-grade, and the failures are hangers, pitch and capacity rather than age.
What both halves of town share is winter. Madison County gets real freeze-thaw, and older Edwardsville houses in particular have the classic setup for ice at the eave: modest attic insulation, warm air leaking into the roof deck, snow melting above and refreezing at the cold overhang. The ice that forms there is heavy enough to tear a gutter off the fascia, and every spring we replace trough that was destroyed by ice rather than by rain.
What We Find
Common Edwardsville Gutter Failures
Leaf mat under mature trees
A trough full of composted leaves holds water permanently against the fascia. Guards help, but only the right type and only with the gutter pitched correctly.
Sagging runs and failed spikes
Long runs on older homes with original spike-and-ferrule hangers. The nails work out of aged wood and the trough sags into a pond that never drains.
Capacity on newer subdivisions
Two-story elevations draining into one downspout. Overflow in a hard rain is an outlet problem, and adding downspouts often fixes it without new gutter.
How We Fix It
Seamless Gutters And Honest Diagnosis
Seamless aluminum formed on site removes the mid-run joints that leak on older systems, and hidden hangers screwed into solid fascia hold in a way nails never will again. Pitch gets set so the trough drains to the outlets, and on the tall older houses we commonly add outlets rather than simply matching what was there.
The part we insist on is telling you which problem you actually have. If ice tore the gutter loose, replacing the gutter alone is half a repair — it will survive until the next hard winter and then do the same thing. If the trough is full because eighty-foot oaks overhang the roof, the conversation is about guards and access. If a two-story elevation is overshooting, it is a capacity calculation. These are different jobs at different prices, and lumping them together is how people end up paying for the wrong one.
Because the Illinois office is here in Edwardsville, an inspection is a short drive and not a sales trip. Call (618) 653-3226, or (314) 429-6000 at any hour of the night, and a live person answers.
Common Questions
Edwardsville Gutter Questions
Ice tore my gutters off last winter. Will new gutters fix it?
New gutters will fix the gutters. If the cause was ice building at a cold eave, the underlying issue is usually attic insulation and ventilation, and we will tell you that rather than selling you the same trough to lose again.
Do leaf guards work under big trees in Edwardsville?
The right guard, properly installed, makes a real difference on these older tree-covered streets. A thin screen dropped on top of the trough collects a wet leaf mat and makes the problem worse, so the product and the installation both matter.
My new subdivision home overflows in heavy rain. Are the gutters defective?
Usually they are just undersized in outlets. A tall elevation draining into one downspout cannot keep up. Adding downspouts, or moving the big runs to 6-inch trough, is normally the fix.
Do you have a local Edwardsville crew?
Yes. Our Illinois office is at 101 W Vandalia St #131 in Edwardsville, phone (618) 653-3226, and it covers Madison County and the Metro East.
Free Edwardsville Gutter Estimate
Serving Edwardsville, Glen Carbon, Troy, Maryville and Madison County from our Edwardsville office. Tell us what you are seeing at the eaves.
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Gutters Pulling Loose In Edwardsville?
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