LUX Home Improvement
New seamless K-style gutter and downspout on a limestone home

Gutters

Seamless gutters, sized properly

Rolled on site to the exact length of your run. 5-inch and 6-inch K-style, guards, and fascia repair.

Drainage, not trim

Gutters are the cheapest foundation insurance you can buy

Their job is to take every gallon that lands on your roof and put it somewhere that isn't against your house. When they fail, you don't get a gutter problem — you get a fascia problem, then a siding problem, then a foundation problem.

Hill Country rain doesn't trickle, it dumps. A system that handles a gentle shower can be overwhelmed in ten minutes by the kind of storm that rolls through here in spring, sheeting water over the front lip and straight down against your slab.

Seamless, and why it matters

Sectional gutter from a big-box store comes in stock lengths joined together — a typical roofline ends up with eight to twelve joints, and every joint is sealant that expands, contracts, dries out through Texas temperature swings, and eventually leaks behind the gutter and down the fascia.

We roll seamless gutter on site to the exact length of your run. Joints only where the geometry genuinely requires one: corners and end caps. There's simply less to fail.

Five-inch or six-inch?

This is the question almost nobody asks, and it's the one that determines whether your gutters actually work. A 6-inch K-style gutter carries roughly 40% more water than a 5-inch, and pairs with larger 3×4 downspouts instead of 2×3.

If water pours over your gutters in a hard rain, that is almost never debris alone. It's a gutter too small for the roof area feeding it, or too few downspouts spread too far apart. Cleaning it again won't fix arithmetic. We size the system to the roof that feeds it — steep pitch, large planes, and valleys that dump into one run all push you toward 6-inch.

What we install

  • Seamless aluminum K-style, 5-inch and 6-inch
  • 3×4 and 2×3 downspouts, placed by drainage load
  • Gutter guards and leaf screens
  • Fascia, drip edge, and rotted board repair
  • Downspout extensions and splash blocks away from the slab
  • A range of pre-finished colors — including matte black and bronze

Repairs & resizing

Sagging runs, pulled spikes, leaking seams, downspouts that dump against the foundation, or a system that was undersized the day it went up. Often we're not replacing everything — we're adding a downspout, correcting pitch, or upsizing one problem run.

A Hill Country note on oaks

Live oaks shed heavily in spring and again in fall, and they drop small, stringy debris that slips past cheap screens and mats at the downspout outlet. If you're under a canopy, the guard you choose matters more than the gutter you choose. We'll tell you which ones actually hold up under oaks instead of selling you the one with the best margin.

Roofline and gutter detail on a Hill Country home

Straight answers

Questions homeowners actually ask

Can you do gutters if my roof is fine?
Yes — a lot of our gutter work is standalone. New seamless runs, upsizing an undersized system, guards, or fascia repair on a roof with years of life left in it.
Are gutter guards worth it?
Under trees, usually yes — but the type matters enormously, and the cheap plastic screens sold at hardware stores often make things worse by trapping debris on top. Away from tree cover, guards are frequently money better spent elsewhere. We'll give you an honest read on your specific roof.
How long do seamless aluminum gutters last?
Properly installed and pitched, commonly 20 years or more in this climate. What kills them early is poor pitch, too few hangers, undersizing, and letting debris sit wet in them for years.
Do you clean gutters?
We clear them as part of repair and inspection work. If your gutters mainly need routine seasonal cleaning, we'll be straight with you about whether that's the right service call.
What color options are there?
Aluminum comes pre-finished in a wide range. Black and bronze are popular right now and look sharp against limestone and light stucco; white remains the default on a lot of older builds. We'll bring samples so you're not choosing off a screen.

Water going where it shouldn't?

Free gutter and roof inspection — we look at both while we're there.

Call (210) 833-3153 Free Inspection