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Columbia, SC · Seamless gutters
Columbia Gutter Installation Co. forms seamless gutters on site, in your driveway, cut to the length of each eave. Columbia averages about 45 inches of rain a year, much of it in summer thunderstorms, so we size gutters and downspouts for those storms.
01·Our work
This page covers new gutter installation. The service pages go deeper on the four jobs that usually come with it.
01 Stainless micro-mesh and screen guards fitted to new or existing gutters, sized for pine needles and oak tassels.
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02 Oversized 3x4 downspouts, extensions and buried drain lines that carry roof water off the clay and away from the foundation.
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03 Copper and aluminum half-round gutters with round downspouts for older and historic homes.
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04 Sagging runs rehung, leaking seams and corners resealed, storm-bent sections and rotted fascia replaced.
See the service02·Finished jobs
The kinds of finishes we install on Midlands houses, from white K-style on brick ranches to bronze on craftsman homes. Scroll sideways to see them all.
03·Profiles and metals
The gutter profile and the metal set the look and the price. Most Columbia houses get seamless aluminum; older and historic homes often call for something else.
Most housesFormed from a coil on our trailer machine, so each eave gets one piece with seams only at the corners. Five-inch suits many ranch houses. Six-inch carries much more water and is what we suggest under long roof planes and valleys.
Older homesA rounded trough on round hangers, with round downspouts, in copper or painted aluminum. It suits craftsman and early 1900s houses in neighborhoods like Shandon, Elmwood Park and Earlewood. Copper weathers from bright to brown and, over many years, toward green.
Color to trimWhite is the default, but factory-painted aluminum also comes in browns, bronzes, black, grays and clay tones. We match the fascia, the trim or the shutters, and bring color chips to the estimate so you can hold them up to the house.
04·The rest of the system
A gutter only collects water. These pieces decide whether it ends up in the yard or against the foundation.
Guards for pines and oaks. Coarse plastic and aluminum screens let pine needles slide through the holes and stand up in the trough. Fine stainless micro-mesh stops needles, oak tassels and seed pods on top, where most of them dry and blow off. We fit guards on new gutters or on existing ones that are still sound. See gutter guards.
Bigger downspouts. A 3x4 inch downspout has about twice the opening of the common 2x3, and pine needles pass through it instead of jamming at the elbow. We also add downspouts so no single outlet drains too much roof.
Buried drain lines. Solid pipe under the lawn carries roof water to a pop-up emitter or a downhill outlet, so it stops pooling on clay next to the house. See downspouts and drains.
Running a downspout line through clay05·Install day
Most houses are done in one day. The forming machine comes with the crew, so the gutters are cut to length on site.
We measure each run and each corner drop, look at roof pitch and valleys, and check the fascia boards for soft spots.
Old gutters and spikes come off. Rotted fascia gets cut out and replaced before anything new is hung.
Gutters come out of the machine in one piece per eave, in the color you picked.
Hidden hangers go in about every two feet. We pitch each run toward its outlets and seal the corners and end caps.
Downspouts, elbows and extensions go on, then we hose-test the runs and haul the old metal away.
Measuring for the quoteFascia repair, copper work and buried drains can add time. SC811 asks for notice at least three full working days before digging.
06·Midlands weather
What Columbia's weather and trees do to gutters, and how we build for it.
June, July and August are the wettest stretch of the year at Columbia Metro Airport, and much of that rain falls in short afternoon storms. A 5-inch gutter with one 2x3 downspout under a long roof can overflow in a storm like that even when it is clean. Six-inch gutters, 3x4 downspouts and an outlet at each end of long runs keep up.
When Helene crossed the state in September 2024, the South Carolina State Climatology Office recorded a 67 mph gust at Columbia Metro Airport. Wind like that pulls gutters held by old spikes off the fascia, and falling limbs bend them. Screwed hidden hangers hold much better.
Loblolly pines drop needles all year, heaviest in fall. Oaks drop tassels in spring and leaves in late fall. Needles knit into mats that block outlets. That is why we put outlets at both ends where we can, and why fine mesh guards beat coarse screens here.
Columbia sits on the fall line. Some streets are on red Piedmont clay that sheds water and stays wet, others on Sandhills sand that washes. Either way, a downspout that dumps at the foundation causes trouble: soggy crawlspaces and settled walks on clay, washed-out beds on sand.
A clogged gutter in a summer downpour
Splash-out at a foundation corner07·Rain in numbers
From the National Weather Service office in Columbia, based on 1991–2020 climate normals at Columbia Metro Airport.
An inch of water over a square foot is about 0.62 gallons. A typical Columbia ranch house with 1,800 square feet of roof sheds more than 1,100 gallons in a one-inch storm. All of it runs to the downspouts, and from there it goes wherever the downspouts send it.
This is why we count roof area per downspout, as well as linear feet of gutter. When too much roof drains through one outlet, it overflows in hard rain even with clean gutters.
08·Columbia houses
About half of Columbia's homes were built before 1980, and many of those are on their second or third set of gutters.
The Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates) counts about 62,000 housing units in the city of Columbia. Roughly 30,700 were built before 1980, including about 11,400 built before 1950, and about 30,700 are detached single-family houses. About 46 percent of occupied homes are owner-occupied, low for the region because of the university, Fort Jackson and the many rentals near downtown.
What that means on the ground: older brick ranches in Rosewood and the neighborhoods off Two Notch and Garners Ferry Road, early 1900s houses with deep eaves in Shandon, Melrose Heights and Elmwood Park, and newer subdivisions in Northeast Columbia toward Killian Road. Older houses often have original fascia, mixed gutter sizes from past repairs, and downspouts that dump at the foundation. Newer houses usually have builder-grade 5-inch gutters with too few downspouts.
American Community Survey, 2020–2024 five-year estimates
Built before 1980 Newer
09·Permits and rules
Gutter work rarely needs much paperwork, but a few addresses do. These are the checks we make before we start.
The City of Columbia has 15 historic district zoning overlays and more than 180 individual landmarks, each district with its own guidelines. In the stricter architectural conservation districts, such as Elmwood Park, Melrose Heights/Oak Lawn and Wales Garden, the city says generally all exterior work is reviewed and materials are typically required to match the original. Projects start with preservation staff. If your house is in a district, we check with staff before we change the gutter profile or material.
South Carolina's Underground Facility Damage Prevention Act requires notice to SC811 before excavation. The SC811 homeowner FAQ says to contact them at least three full working days, and no more than twelve, before you dig. We file the notice for every buried drain line we install.
Whether like-for-like gutter replacement needs a permit depends on the jurisdiction: City of Columbia, Richland County, Lexington County or one of the smaller cities. We confirm with the local building office on every job and pull a permit where one is required.
HOAs. Many subdivisions in Northeast Columbia, Irmo and Lexington County have architectural rules that cover exterior colors. If yours does, send us the guidelines and we will write the color and profile into the quote so you can submit it.
Neighbors and runoff. Buried drain outlets should empty onto your own property and away from a neighbor's yard. We lay them out with that in mind.
10·Prices
We quote each house from measured footage. National cost guides give a fair starting point, and these are the ranges they publish.
$629to$1,736
Average about $1,182
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$4to$9
Per linear foot
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$6to$13
Per linear foot
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Those are national figures, not Columbia quotes. What moves a real price:
The pricing page has the ranges for each part, with sources.
11·Service area
Columbia first, then the towns along I-20, I-26 and I-77 on both sides of the Broad and Congaree rivers.
Inside Columbia we work from downtown and the university area to Shandon, Rosewood, Forest Hills and Melrose Heights, out to Northeast Columbia around Killian Road and Clemson Road, and down Garners Ferry Road toward Hopkins. Across the rivers we cover West Columbia, Cayce, St. Andrews, Seven Oaks and Irmo. Each town page describes its housing and its drainage.
12·Getting a quote
Call (803) 373-8034 or use the callback form. We will ask for the address, how many stories the house has, whether the old gutters are still up, and what you have noticed: overflow, sagging, leaks at the corners, or water at the foundation.
Then we come out and measure. The written quote lists each run by footage, the gutter size and color, the number and size of downspouts, any fascia repair, guards, drain lines, and removal of the old system.
Loaded for an install dayFAQ·Questions
Short answers. If your roof is unusual, call and describe it.
Angi's 2026 national data puts a typical gutter installation between $629 and $1,736, with an average near $1,182, and seamless aluminum at about $4 to $9 per linear foot. Copper runs far higher. We quote from measured footage, so the written price lists each run, the downspouts, any guards and haul-off of the old gutters.
Many ranch houses with short, low-slope roofs do fine with 5-inch gutters. Long or steep roof planes, valleys that dump into one spot, and two-story houses usually do better with 6-inch gutters and larger 3x4 downspouts, which carry more water during the heavy summer downpours Columbia gets.
Coarse screens let pine needles slip through and lodge. Fine stainless micro-mesh stops needles and oak tassels at the surface, where most of them dry and blow off. No guard is maintenance-free under a big loblolly pine; plan on a rinse or a brush-off now and then.
Yes. We run solid pipe from the downspout to a pop-up emitter or a daylight outlet downhill from the house, and we notify SC811 before we dig so buried utilities get marked. In red clay we pay close attention to slope, because clay takes up water slowly.
Columbia in Richland and Lexington County, plus Forest Acres, Woodfield, Dentsville, St. Andrews, Seven Oaks, Irmo, West Columbia and Cayce.
→·Next step
Call or send the form with the address. We measure every eave and corner, check the fascia, and send a written quote that lists footage, size, color, downspouts, guards and drains.
Talk to the gutter crew(803) 373-8034