Gutter cost calculator
By Gutter Report Editorial. Last reviewed September 2026. How we research this.
In brief
Enter the length of your roofline and this gives you a cost range for new gutters, built from published 2026 rates rather than from a guess. Aluminum, the usual choice, runs $10 to $20 a foot installed. A 160 foot house therefore lands somewhere around $1,600 to $3,200 before downspouts, tear-off or a second story. Copper runs $25 to $40 a foot and changes the answer completely. The calculator adds downspouts at $30 to $75 each, tear-off at $1 to $2 a foot if you need it, and a second-story surcharge of $1 to $3 a foot. Every one of those rates is sourced and dated below. It is not a quote and it cannot be one, because nobody prices a house without seeing the fascia and the access. It is the number a fair quote should land near.
What will gutters cost on your house?
Measure the run along your roofline, or pace it out. Every rate here is the same one the cost tables use.
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What the calculator is doing
It multiplies your footage by a published per-foot rate for the material you picked, then adds the line items that are charged separately. There is no secret adjustment and no proprietary model. Here is every rate it uses.
| Material | Installed per foot | Source |
|---|---|---|
| USD / FT | ||
| Vinyl | $8 to $12 | HomeGuide, installation page |
| Aluminum | $10 to $20 | HomeGuide, installation page |
| Seamless aluminum | $6 to $12 | HomeGuide, aluminum page (lower baseline) |
| Galvanized steel | $5 to $20 | Fixr |
| Copper | $25 to $40 | HomeGuide and Fixr agree |
| Zinc | $35 to $45 | HomeGuide, installation page |
One row is not on the same basis as the rest. Seamless aluminum shows lower than plain aluminum. That is not a real price gap. The two rows come from two HomeGuide pages. The aluminum row is its main cost page. The seamless row is its aluminum page, which starts lower: $4 to $8 for sectional, $6 to $12 for seamless. HomeGuide's main page says seamless costs $3 to $5 or more a foot MORE than sectional. Every other publisher agrees on that direction. So read the seamless row as one page's number, not as a discount. Seamless gutters has the seven-publisher comparison.
| Line item | Rate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Downspouts, each installed | $30 to $75 | HomeGuide |
| Tear-off and haul-away, per foot | $1 to $2 | HomeAdvisor and HomeGuide, independently |
| Second-story access, per foot | $1 to $3 | HomeGuide |
Downspouts are counted for you at one per 40 feet, with a minimum of two. That interval is a judgement call and we would rather say so than pretend otherwise: Amerimax recommends one per 20 feet, the Copper Development Association and Berger both say 50, and This Old House says 60. We use the midpoint of the manufacturer figure and the standards-body figure. You will see contractors quote 35 feet, which traces to a field guide we could not open, so we do not use it.
Where this is weakest, in order
Tear-off is still the roughest line, for a new reason. Two publishers give the same $1 to $2 a foot, so the rate is no longer thin. The shape is. Those same publishers also price the job as one flat fee of $150 to $300. A flat fee and a per-foot rate only agree on a long run. So ask the contractor which way they charge it.
The median marker is a marker, not a benchmark. Publishers disagree badly on what a whole-house job costs nationally. HomeGuide says $2,200 to $5,000 to install. Fixr says $3,223. Angi and HomeAdvisor both say $1,181, but they are pricing replacement rather than new installation. We show HomeGuide's midpoint because it is an installation figure at a stated footage, which is what this tool computes, and we tell you it is contested.
Region is not in the model. No cost guide we read publishes a regional multiplier we could reproduce. Several publish city pages, one applies a ZIP adjustment by an undisclosed mechanism, and the multipliers circulating elsewhere online trace back to AI-generated calculator sites with no source at all. Rather than invent one, we left it out. Labor in a high-cost metro will push you toward the top of every range on this page.
You may not need new gutters at all
Most people pricing a full replacement are looking at a system with a specific fault, not a system at the end of its life. Aluminum gutters last about 20 to 30 years and copper past 50. A leaking seam is a reseal. A run that overflows in heavy rain is often a slope problem or a downspout that is undersized for the roof it drains, not a reason to replace anything. A section pulling away is usually hangers. Those are repairs measured in tens or low hundreds of dollars against a job measured in thousands.
We say that here, before the form, because we do not sell gutters and we do not install them, so we have nothing to lose by telling you to spend less.
Want a real quote on your house?
If the number above looks about right and you want it confirmed on your actual roofline, we will pass your details to one licensed gutter contractor who works in your ZIP code.
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- What happens after I send this?
- Your details go to one licensed gutter contractor who works in your ZIP code. They contact you to arrange a quote. We are not a contractor and we do not do the work.
Common questions
How do I measure my roofline?
Walk the outside of the house and add up the length of every edge that has, or should have, a gutter. Most houses land between 100 and 200 feet. You do not need a tape measure to start: a normal adult pace is close to three feet, so pacing each side and multiplying gets you within about ten percent, which is well inside the width of the cost range anyway.
Why is the range so wide?
Because the published sources are. Aluminum installed runs $10 to $20 a foot in HomeGuide’s table, and that is one publisher on one page. A house with easy ground access, simple corners and no rot sits near the bottom. A steep two-story with tricky access, many corners and fascia that has to be repaired first sits near the top. The calculator shows you the whole band rather than a single number it cannot justify.
Does this include tearing off the old gutters?
Only if you tick the box. Tear-off is charged separately, at $1 to $2 a foot. Two publishers give that same range on their own: HomeAdvisor and HomeGuide. But both also price the job as a flat fee. HomeGuide says $150 to $300 and Angi says $150. Watch that on a short run. A flat $150 over 40 feet is $3.75 a foot, not $1 to $2.
Is this a quote?
No, and it cannot be. It is published national rates applied to your footage. Nobody can price your house without seeing your fascia, your access and your corners. What this gives you is the number a fair quote should land near, so you can tell a reasonable bid from an unreasonable one.
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- RevSeptember 2026
- Source
- SourceHomeGuide, Fixr, HomeAdvisor, Angi (2026)