Eavestrough and downspout installation and replacement to protect your roof, walls and foundation.
What eavestrough installation involves
Eavestroughs (gutters) and downspouts protect far more than the roof edge — they carry water away from your walls and foundation. We install and replace seamless eavestrough sized for Canadian rain and snowmelt, route downspouts to discharge water safely, and offer leaf-guard options to cut maintenance. Failing or undersized eavestroughs cause fascia rot, basement leaks and ice buildup.
What's included
- Seamless eavestrough
- Downspout routing
- Leaf-guard options
- Free written quote
Built for the Canadian climate
We match the eavestrough to your roof's runoff and the local climate so it performs through both the wet season and the spring melt. Across Canada, snow load, ice dams and freeze-thaw cycles are hard on roofs, so we detail every job for the weather it will actually face. Correctly sized and sloped eavestroughs with well-placed downspouts carry meltwater clear of the foundation, which is what prevents the ice-dam build-up and basement seepage that so often follow a blocked or undersized run.
Why eavestroughs protect more than the roof edge
Eavestroughs (gutters) and downspouts carry roof runoff away from the building. When they are undersized, clogged or poorly pitched, water spills over the edge and pools at the foundation — which leads to wet basements, eroded grading, ice buildup at the eaves, and damage to soffit, fascia and masonry. A well-designed eavestrough system is one of the cheapest forms of protection a building has.
Our eavestrough installation process
We size the trough and downspouts to the roof area and the rainfall and snowmelt they have to handle, then install seamless aluminum trough cut on site so there are no mid-run joints to leak. We set the correct slope to the downspouts, secure with hidden hangers, and route the downspouts to carry water well clear of the foundation. Leaf-guard options are available where trees make clogging a recurring problem.
Matching the system to a Canadian climate
In our freeze-thaw climate, eavestroughs also have to handle ice. We detail the eaves so that meltwater drains rather than backing up, and we coordinate the trough with the roof's ice-and-water protection. Properly installed, the system protects the roof edge, the walls and the foundation through the wet and the thaw alike.
Seamless aluminum versus sectional gutters
We install seamless aluminum eavestrough because the seams in sectional gutter are exactly where leaks begin. Seamless trough is formed on site from a continuous coil to the precise length of each run, so the only joints are at the corners and downspout outlets, where they are properly sealed. The result is a system with far fewer failure points, a cleaner appearance, and a longer service life than the jointed sectional gutter sold for do-it-yourself installation.
Sizing, slope and downspout placement
A gutter only works if it is sized and pitched correctly. We size the trough and the number of downspouts to the roof area they drain and the heavy rain and snowmelt they have to carry, then set a consistent slope toward each outlet so water never stands in the run. Downspouts are placed and extended to discharge well clear of the foundation. Getting these basics right is the difference between a system that protects the building for decades and one that overflows in the first heavy storm.
Why the eavestrough system matters to the whole building
It is easy to think of eavestroughs as a finishing touch, but they do one of the most important jobs on a building: they take everything the roof sheds and carry it safely away from the structure. When that system is undersized, clogged, poorly pitched or leaking at its joints, the water it should have managed goes exactly where you do not want it — over the edge and down the wall, pooling at the foundation, eroding the grading, freezing into ice at the eaves, and rotting the soffit and fascia. The damage shows up far from the gutter itself, in wet basements and cracked foundations, which is why a failing eavestrough is so often overlooked as the cause. We install seamless aluminum trough sized to the roof area it drains, pitched correctly to its downspouts, secured with hidden hangers, and routed to discharge well clear of the foundation. In our freeze-thaw climate we also coordinate the eaves detail with the roof's ice-and-water protection so meltwater drains rather than backing up. Properly installed, it is one of the least expensive systems on the building and one of the most important to the systems around it.
Protecting the whole building envelope
Eavestroughs work with the roof, walls and foundation as one system, and we install them as part of that whole. A correctly sized, properly pitched, seamless trough routed clear of the foundation keeps water off the siding, out of the basement and away from the grading. It is among the least expensive work a building owner can invest in, and among the most consequential for everything the water would otherwise reach.
Get a free written quote
Every eavestrough installation project starts with a free, no-obligation written quote based on a real inspection of your roof. We confirm the scope, materials and price before any work begins, and back the work with a workmanship warranty.