Gutter work is a linear-foot trade with a dozen ways to lose money on the details: corners, downspouts, two-story runs, fascia that is rotten when you get up there. Here is how gutter pros put the job on paper, a worked estimate you can copy, a calculator that runs on your own rates, and the app that writes the estimate from a walk around the house.
A gutter estimate looks simple: measure the roof edge, multiply by a rate. The money leaks out in what the per-foot price quietly includes. Every inside and outside corner is a mitered joint. Every downspout is an outlet, elbows, straps, and a length of pipe that has to reach the ground and turn away from the foundation. A second story means ladders, stand-offs, and a slower day. And the fascia behind an old gutter is rotten often enough that a smart estimate says what happens when it is.
Put those on their own lines and the customer sees a fair price with reasons next to it. Bury them in one number and you either lose the job to a lower lump sum or lose the margin doing the extras for free.
Nine lines, in the order the homeowner will read them.
A real-shaped job priced line by line. The rates are examples in the ranges gutter crews commonly quote around the country. Your material cost, your crew, and your market set the real ones.
| Line item | Qty | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-inch seamless aluminum K-style gutter, white, first storyMeasured along the roof edge, front and back porch. | 96 ft | $9 | $864 |
| 5-inch seamless aluminum K-style gutter, white, second storySame gutter, higher rate for the ladder work. | 84 ft | $12 | $1,008 |
| Downspouts, 2x3 aluminum, with elbows and strapsSix drops, two of them two-story. | 6 | $95 | $570 |
| Corners and mitersFour outside, two inside. | 6 | $25 | $150 |
| Tear-off and haul-off of existing guttersOne trailer load to the recycler. | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| Fascia replacement allowance, 1x6 primed, if rot is foundBilled only as needed, with photos. 20 ft allowed. | 20 ft | $14 | $280 |
| Downspout extensions and splash blocksSix discharges turned away from the foundation. | 6 | $18 | $108 |
| Estimate total | $3,230 | ||
| Deposit at signing (25%) | $807.50 | ||
That is $3,230 with an $808 deposit at signing, and the fascia line already tells the homeowner what happens if the wood is bad. No awkward phone call from the ladder.
Put in your own rates. The access multiplier applies to the gutter footage lines only.
Example rates only. Change every number to what you charge. Put these rates in SayEstimate and the app prices the next one from a spoken walkthrough.
Everything below is included. No modules, no add-on pricing, no sales calls.
"180 feet of 5-inch white, six downspouts, four corners, tear off the old, guards optional." The AI drafts the lines in your rates. About 60 seconds, start to send.
Guards, extensions, a downspout drain tie-in. Optional lines the homeowner checks on their phone; unchecked ones never reach the invoice.
Add the rot you found as a change order from the ladder, with the photo. They approve it on their phone before you cut a board.
The customer opens a clean link, signs, and pays the deposit by card or bank. You are emailed the moment it happens.
Approved estimate to scheduled job in one tap. On my way texts from the truck.
One tap from estimate to invoice. Cash and check marked paid with how they paid. Card and bank settle to your own account with 0% markup.
Written by Terry "Hoss" Tenison runs an insulation business in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, and built SayEstimate because the estimating software out there was made for companies with an office staff. The pricing structure on this page is how gutter crews put a job on paper; the example rates are illustrations, and your market sets the real ones. More about Hoss →
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