Gutter Installation, Repair & Replacement in Kenosha, WI

A hard wind or hail storm off Lake Michigan does more to a gutter run than knock it out of level. Wind gets under a loosely hung run and peels it off the fascia, falling limbs bend or crush downspouts, and hail dents the aluminum and cracks the seams so the run leaks even after it's re-hung. On the older narrow-eave homes near Library Park and the lakefront-exposure lots, undersized runs simply can't move the volume a storm dumps, so they overflow at the eaves and pull loose under the weight. The damage is real, and to your insurance carrier it's claimable.

Here's what we check and re-hang on the gutter run after a storm, and why each one matters more here than most homeowners expect:

• Gutters pulled off the fascia. Wind lifts a run and rips the hangers out. We re-hang and re-pitch so meltwater and storm runoff leave the roofline instead of backing up behind it.
• Bent or crushed downspouts. A disconnected downspout dumps storm water straight against the foundation, which is exactly where you don't want it on Kenosha County's clay soil.
• Hail-dented aluminum and split seams. Dents and cracked seams leak even after the run is level again. Hail bruising on gutters reads the same way it does on a roof: storm damage, not age.
• Torn fascia and soffit. Where a gutter tore away, it usually takes the fascia with it, an open door for water and pests into the attic. We close all three off as one repair.

Gutters, roof, and siding are one system, so storm damage rarely stops at the gutter line. When a gust peels your gutters it usually creased the siding and lifted shingles on the same wall, which is why we handle storm-damaged gutters and downspouts documented as one claim alongside the roof and siding storm repair handled with the gutter run. One inspection, one scope, one crew.

"You file the claim with your carrier directly, we never ask you to sign over your benefits, and we do not inflate damage to pad a scope. We document the real hits with photos and repair to the approved scope."

Storm pulled a gutter loose or dented a run? Call (414) 312-1016 and we'll document the whole exterior before you file.

Aluminum is what we hang on the vast majority of Kenosha homes, and it comes down to how it handles a lake-effect winter. Aluminum doesn't rust the way the old galvanized steel gutters on the east-side bungalows do, it won't crack in a hard freeze the way vinyl gutters go brittle below zero, and a heavier-gauge aluminum holds its shape under the weight of ice and wet snow instead of sagging off the fascia by March. It's also light enough to hang in long seamless runs, which is exactly what you want on the longer roof lines near the lakefront.

"Vinyl gutters are cheaper on the invoice, but we've pulled too many cracked vinyl runs off Kenosha homes after one cold January to recommend them. Heavier-gauge aluminum is the one that actually survives a lake-effect winter."

We size the gauge and the downspouts to the roof, not to a one-size kit. A bigger roof plane near the lakefront moves a lot more water in a storm than a small inland bungalow, so it needs a wider gutter and bigger downspouts to keep from overflowing at the eaves. That overflow is what starts an ice dam, so getting the sizing right up front is what keeps you off a ladder every January. Keeping the run clear with seasonal gutter cleaning does the rest.