GUTTERS · 5-INCH
5-Inch Gutters in Northwest Arkansas
The standard residential profile, right for most Northwest Arkansas homes.
Chapter 01
Why gutter size is a math problem, not a style choice
Four things decide whether a gutter keeps up with a storm: how much roof drains into it, how steep that roof is, how many downspouts take the water away, and how long the run is. Change any one and the right size changes with it.
When a gutter is too small for the roof above it, you see the same pattern every time. Water comes over the front edge during a hard rain, stripes the siding, and lands right where the soil meets the foundation.
5-Inch Gutters, a Midcon Exteriors job in Northwest Arkansas
Where 5-inch is the right call
For most residential homes, 5 inch gutters are sufficient when they are laid out with the right number of downspouts. It is the most commonly installed size for a reason. It handles ordinary roof planes, and it fits standard fascia.
What makes a 5 inch system perform is the layout. We set the downspout count and placement to your roof's runoff area, and every 5 inch system we install uses oversized 3 by 4 inch downspouts instead of the smaller builder-grade size, so the water leaves faster.
Ask us how many downspouts your roof calls for and why. A long run with a single outlet is the usual reason a correctly sized gutter still overflows at the far end, and adding an outlet can solve what a bigger gutter would only hide.
Chapter 03
When we would send you to 6-inch instead
If your roof has steeper slopes, long wide planes that dump into a single run, or heavy runoff in spring storms, a 5 inch gutter can be working at its limit. In that case we will say so plainly and quote the 6 inch option instead of selling you the smaller size.
We settle the question during a free on-site assessment, looking at the actual roofline in Lowell, Rogers, Bentonville or wherever your home sits. Midcon is licensed in Arkansas, number 0375410427, and the call is (479) 308-5763.
5-inch gutters sized by the roof, not by habit. Midcon Exteriors, Lowell, AR, license 0375410427, (479) 308-5763.
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Gutter choices depend on each other. These are the pages homeowners usually open after this one.
- 6-Inch Gutters
More capacity for big roof planes, steep pitches and heavy spring storms.
- Oversized Downspouts
Larger downspouts that move water off the roof before the gutter overflows.
- Seamless Aluminum Gutters
Seamless aluminum runs sized to your roof, with fewer joints to leak.
A free look at your roofline before any quote.
We size gutters to the roof above them, tell you what the trees around the house call for, and say so when the cheaper option is the right one. Office in Lowell, second office in Gentry, license 0375410427.