Gutter Repair in San Anselmo, Where Storms Test Every Seam
Nearby Kentfield averages about 15 days a year with an inch or more of rain. We fix the leaking seams, loose runs and misplaced downspouts those days expose on San Anselmo homes.
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Gutter repair · San Anselmo
What kinds of gutter repairs do you do in San Anselmo?
The usual list on an older house: seams and corners that drip, hangers that have let go, runs that sag or pitch the wrong way, and downspouts that are flattened, pulled apart or emptying at the foundation. We serve San Anselmo from our Santa Rosa office and say plainly when a run is worth fixing.
Heavy rain is what finds a weak joint. NOAA’s 1991-2020 normals for the Kentfield station, 1.6 miles from Town Hall, count about 15 days a year with an inch of rain or more, and the town has seen far bigger storms: Wikipedia records 11.38 inches in three days in 1940, one of the years San Anselmo Creek flooded downtown. With 28.8% of San Anselmo homes built in 1939 or earlier, many gutters here have been through a lot of winters. Our gutter repair visits start by finding every place the water gets out.
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Why does downspout placement matter so much in San Anselmo?
Because so much of the town is floodplain. The Town says its floodplain extends across a large swath of the valley, and in the low neighborhoods called the Flatlands many homes stand on raised foundations. A downspout that empties beside the foundation or under the house puts water exactly where you don’t want it.
The Town watches its water closely. It keeps a flood horn in the Town Hall tower, tested at noon on the first Tuesday of each month, and a live camera on San Anselmo Creek at the Bridge Street bridge, where the creek has historically overflowed first. The Town’s creek gauge page links the county’s real-time levels for San Anselmo, Sleepy Hollow and Fairfax creeks, refreshed every 15 minutes. Around a single house, the same idea applies on a small scale: know where every downspout sends its water.
On a house from the 1920s or the 1950s, the gutter may be painted to match the trim, and the fascia behind it has been weathering just as long. We re-fasten loose runs into solid wood, reseal or replace leaking joints, and take care of small fascia rot through our dry rot repair work. Painted gutters are part of what we do, so a repaired section doesn’t have to stand out. Permit questions go to the Town’s permit technicians at (415) 258-4616, listed on the building permits page.
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“I had an outstanding experience with getting my gutters cleaned and repaired.”
FAQ
San Anselmo gutter repair FAQ
My gutter overflows in heavy rain even when it's clean. Why?
Often the gutter has lost its slope toward the outlet, a hanger has let go and left a low spot, or a single downspout is serving too long a run. Kentfield’s normals show nearly 10 inches in an average December, so a system with too few outlets gets found out quickly. Re-pitching the run or adding an outlet can fix it.
Can you move a downspout that empties under the house?
Yes. We cut a new outlet at the right spot, seal the old opening and route the downspout onto ground that slopes away from the walls. Larry R.’s Google review mentions “a couple of downspouts relocated for better drainage.” On a raised Flatlands house, ask us to look at every outlet while we’re there.
When does a San Anselmo gutter need replacing instead?
When the leaks are everywhere rather than in a few joints, or the bottom has rusted through. Loose sections and a crushed downspout are ordinary repairs. If the whole system is done, our San Anselmo gutter installation page covers what replacement involves, and the estimate on your San Anselmo home will say which way we’d go.
Will I see what was repaired?
Customers often mention the photos. Kristal M. wrote, “We even got before and after pictures,” and Tami R. said we sent pictures “of what they look like and some of the work that they were doing.” That helps when the damage is on a second-story run you can’t see from the yard.
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A San Anselmo gutter dripping where it shouldn't?
Call (707) 940-7875. We’ll find where the water gets out and send a written proposal.