Seamless Gutter Company in Wimberley, TX

Gutter installation and repair in Wimberley

Gutters Made Easy is the gutter company Wimberley, TX homeowners call when a hill country house needs seamless gutters that fit a real roofline, not a catalog one. Wimberley homes are a mix of standing seam metal roofs, limestone walls, deep porches and lots that fall away toward Cypress Creek or the Blanco, and every one of those details changes how a gutter has to be built and hung. We form each rain gutter run on site from one continuous piece, so it follows the house exactly.

Metal roofs are the big one. Rain comes off standing seam faster and in a tighter sheet than it does off shingles, and in a hard storm it can shoot right past a small gutter. On a metal roof we usually step up to a wider 6 inch K-style or a custom box gutter, set the gutter so the water lands in it rather than over it, and add outlets near the valleys. Gutter repair on hill country homes usually comes down to a few causes: hangers pulled loose by the weight of wet cedar debris, corners that were never sealed for that volume of water, and downspouts knocked off by a falling limb. Our repair and maintenance visits fix those without replacing a system that still has years left in it.

Rainwater collection off a hill country roof

Rainwater collection is common around Wimberley, and the roof and rain gutters are the whole system’s intake. The Texas Water Development Board puts the yield at about 0.62 gallons per square foot of roof for every inch of rain, so a 2,000 square foot roof sheds roughly 1,240 gallons in a one inch storm. The same page notes that Texas Tax Code section 151.355 exempts rainwater harvesting equipment and supplies from state sales tax.

For collection, the rain gutters matter as much as the tank. Seamless runs avoid the drips at every joint, a fine guard keeps cedar and oak litter out of the water, and the downspouts need to land where the tank inlet is, not where a builder happened to put them. We can route gutters and downspouts to rain barrels and water collection tanks as part of the same install.

Cedar, live oak and gutter guards

Wimberley lots are thick with Ashe juniper, the tree everyone here calls cedar, and live oak. Cedar sheds fine scale-like foliage, small berries and bark strips through the year, and live oaks drop their old leaves and pollen tassels in a heavy spring rush. That mix packs tight in a gutter, holds water against the fascia and feeds mosquitoes in summer. On most homes under cedar we recommend a fine mesh guard rather than a coarse screen, because juniper litter slides right through wide openings. You can compare styles on our gutter guard page. If guards are not in the plan this year, a spring cleaning after the oaks finish and a second one in late fall keeps the system flowing.

Slopes, limestone and runoff

The Blanco River is a reminder of how fast water moves in this valley. In May 2015 the river at Wimberley rose from near 5 feet to near 41 feet in about four hours, according to the National Weather Service report on the Memorial Day flood, at one point climbing 5 feet every 15 minutes. No gutter changes what a river does. What gutters and downspouts can do is manage your own roof water on a sloped limestone lot, where a downspout that empties onto bare ground cuts a gully, undermines a walkway or sends water back toward the foundation on the uphill side of the house. A splash pad, a rock-lined outlet or a buried drain line that carries water to the low side of the lot keeps it under control.

Free rain gutter installation estimates in Wimberley

Gutters Made Easy is family owned, and owner Tyler Smith has spent more than 20 years forming and hanging rain gutters on Central Texas homes. Every install comes with a lifetime manufacturer warranty on materials and a 10-year workmanship guarantee. We will walk the roof and the lot, show you where water is going now and where it should go, and leave you a written estimate at no charge. If the right system for your home is more than you planned to spend this year, ask about financing.