Ulster County, NY
Gutters, guards and snow guards in New Paltz
Seamless gutters, guards, cleaning and snow guards in New Paltz, NY. On a stone house the expensive thing is never the gutter, it is the wall underneath it.
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Gutters in New Paltz
New Paltz, NY
Between the Shawangunk ridge and the eastern Catskills, New Paltz gets weather off both. The houses that have stood through it are largely stone and old timber, and neither of those forgives an overflowing gutter.
Nineteenth century village buildings often have little or no overhang, so the gutter is the only thing between the roof edge and the wall. There is no margin built into that arrangement. If the gutter is full, the water is on the masonry.
New Paltz is core Hudson Valley for us, so we are working in that area most weeks anyway. We can come and look at it without making a project of the visit, and coming back to adjust something afterwards is not a problem.
On the ground in Ulster County
Why an overflow costs more on a stone house
On a stone house the thing at risk is not the gutter, it is the wall. That is worth holding on to when deciding between patching an old system and replacing it properly, because the two decisions are not the same size.
Getting water away from the foot of a stone wall is as important as catching it at the roof. A downspout discharging straight onto the ground at the base of masonry has moved the problem downwards rather than solved it.
Older buildings often need the fascia and the roof edge looked at before anything gets hung at all. We would far rather find that at the estimate than discover it on the day with a van full of coil.
What we do here
Four services in New Paltz
Seamless Gutters in New Paltz
Size, pitch and outlet positions get worked out from the roof at the estimate rather than assumed from the wall length. On a long straight nineteenth century elevation, a seamless run is the difference between a clean line and a row of caulked joints over a stone wall. Every one of those joints is a future stain on the masonry below it.
Seamless Gutters →Gutter Guards around New Paltz
There is no one guard that suits every roof, and we will say so rather than fit the same thing everywhere. Where the wall below is stone, keeping the gutter clear between visits is worth paying for, and that is what a guard buys you. We will tell you which type suits the tree cover you actually have rather than fitting one specification everywhere.
Gutter Guards →Gutter Cleaning, and what it means here
On a house with little or no overhang, a full gutter puts water directly onto the wall, so clearing it is not housekeeping. Twice a year, and the autumn visit is the one that counts. We will tell you what we found, including anything that looks like it is heading toward a repair.
Gutter Cleaning →Snow Guards in New Paltz
They are fixed to the roof rather than to the gutter, and laid out for the plane they are protecting. Metal roofs appear on barns, on additions and on a good number of the renovated weekend houses here. Where a metal plane sheds over an entry, a terrace or a path, snow guards are the fix.
Snow Guards →Straight answers
New Paltz questions
Do you work on older houses with no overhang?
Regularly, and they need more care than a modern roof. With no overhang there is nothing between the gutter and the wall, so pitch, hanger spacing and outlet placement all have to be right. We look at the fascia and the roof edge before quoting, because on a building of that age it is often part of the job.
How far do you actually travel?
Ulster is core Hudson Valley for us and we cover it properly. We will still give you a straight answer on the phone about timing rather than a convenient one, but distance is not the constraint here that it is at the outer edges of our area.
You are in Pennsylvania. Is Ulster County really in your area?
Yes. Ulster County is the northern half of our Hudson Valley area, not an outlying corner of it, and New Paltz is somewhere we work regularly rather than occasionally.
Where are you actually based?
We work out of the Hudson Valley, in the corner where New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania meet. We do not keep a shop or a yard in New Paltz, we travel there, which is normal for this trade and means you are not paying toward a storefront.
Are you insured?
Yes. On Point Gutters is fully insured for the work we do, residential and commercial. If you want to see confirmation before anyone goes up a ladder, ask and we will provide it.
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