Gutters

We had a LeafGuard rep come out and give us a quote on their gutter system for our house. After 2 hrs and a bit of haggling about best price, it came to $7,800. While it seems like a decent product and the technology sound, I just couldnt pull the trigger on nearly 8k for gutters. Anyone had these or similar installed?
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Unless you have a 5 story, multiple high pitch and inaccessible home that requires multitudes of scaffolding and OSHA stopping by on a daily basis?
Tom
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78 large will buy a lot of audio equipment !!!
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Ha! No, typical 2 story house. About 190 linear feet of gutters, plus downspouts.
How many linear feet? Is it the entire gutter and downspout system? What material would the gutters be made from?
My guess is that the price is for a seamless system with integrated guards, installation, and disposal of the old gutters and repair of any damaged boards. May be a fair price for that, but you could get less expensive gutters. But if other properties in your neighborhood have similar systems you may want to go with the high end system.
When I had my roof replaced a couple years ago, I thought about getting new gutters too but just kept the ones there. They are steel with grates. Work ok. I have some guys come around once a year to clean them out for around $100.
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Yes, all that you described. Hooded system that uses surface tension to guide the wster into the gutter. Read up on it a bit and many said it cant keep up when it rains really hard. Also hard to clean and could be a good haven for bees and other things.
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Yeah, its just too much money imo. I dont mind paying for quality items that work as promised, but just started to get that "bent over" feeling.
Plus, I always doubted that 'hooded' system. Water tension would be overwhelmed in heavy rains, and at that point, the gutters might as well not even be there.
Anyway, I got prices ranging from $3.75/ft ~ $6/ft for LeafGuard-type gutters ... until I told them we only needed 60' total. Once that fact came out, I never heard back from any of them. So we had the roofing guy bring his own contractor and had them done for $120. Yeah, I pay $50 x 2 for cleaning them every year, but I figure I can't fall off of a ladder I never set foot on, right?
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2 story above ground, about 150' of gutter, plus 4 large downspouts.
Install price was $750.
$7800 is criminal by a large margin.
Wow! Yeah, glad i declined. Whew!
As for the guards, I use the donut yourself guards. I do have to clean them out once a year for the little stuff that gets through, but we live in a heavily wooded lot and I was having to do it weekly over the fall months. Cost like $200 for enough to do the house all the way around
PS- this is for a house that is less than 1500 square feet....
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Ha! In hone sales presentation, but offered no lube...
$7800 is robbery.
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You're a serial killer, Kerry. You would invite the salesperson into your home....and then make sure he never left....
It rubs the lotion on it's skin or else it gets the downspout again.
Oh, that goes without saying, but, I still want my gutters done at a fair price. IS THAT TOO FREAKING MUCH TO ASK!!! DON'T TOUCH ME!
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That’s some quality craftsmanship right there; all that weight on the gutters and no sag?!?!?! I wonder what kind of gutter hangers they were using!!!!
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$6K for my 40 year roof, $7500 for Leafguards, nope...
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SOLD!