Hidden hangers
Screwed into the fascia every 24 inches — no spikes working loose over winters.
Specialty Services · Water management
Seamless gutters & guards
Rolled on site to the exact length of your roof line, hung to pitch with hidden hangers, and sized to the water your roof actually sheds — not to whatever was there before.
- Rolled on site — no seams to split in a freeze
- Hidden hangers screwed to fascia every 24 inches
- Oversized 3" x 4" downspouts on high-volume runs
- Stainless micro-mesh guards, still serviceable
Specification
Sized for Connecticut rainfall
5" vs 6" — to scale
Same K-style face, different throat. The extra inch is capacity, not appearance.
6" K-style seamless
- Capacity
- ≈ 2.0 gal per linear ft held — about 40% more
- Outlets
- 3" x 4" downspouts
- Best for
- Large planes, steep pitch, valley runs, and light commercial
Steep pitches accelerate water instead of letting it settle, so it overshoots a 5" lip. Any roof with a long valley discharging at one corner, or a commercial entry canopy, should be 6" with oversized outlets — this is the single most common fix for gutters that overflow in heavy rain despite being clean.
Leaf-guard filtration, in cutaway
What actually happens at the lip when rain and pine needles arrive together.
- ▸Rigid frame mounted to the gutter — never wedged under the shingles, which voids most manufacturer warranties.
- ▸Surgical-grade stainless mesh sheds pine needles and shingle grit that clog foam and plastic screens within two seasons.
- ▸Still serviceable: the panels lift off, so an annual climb becomes an occasional rinse.
Guards
Which gutter guard is worth it
Foam inserts and plastic screens clog with shingle grit and pine needles within a couple of seasons — they trade a gutter you can clean for one you cannot. Stainless micro-mesh mounted on a rigid frame is the only style we install, because it sheds fine debris and can still be serviced.
No guard makes a gutter maintenance-free. A good one turns an annual climb into an occasional rinse from the ground.
Pitched to drain
Set to fall toward outlets so water leaves instead of standing and freezing.
Ice dam aware
Gutters don't cause ice dams, but they hold the evidence. We check the attic too.
Drip edge first
Without drip edge, water wicks behind the gutter and rots the fascia — the most common cause of the stain you are looking at.
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Water spilling behind the gutter?
That's usually pitch, hanger spacing or a missing drip edge — all fixable without replacing the whole run. We'll tell you which it is.