Short answer. A fallen gutter in Dallas is usually torn loose by wind, a falling limb or the weight of water in a clogged run. Call any hour: we can talk you through keeping people and cars clear, secure the run or take it down, and come back to rehang it on new hangers or replace a bent section.
What to do while you wait
Keep everyone, including pets, out from under it, and move cars away from that side of the house. Do not climb a ladder in wind or rain to wrestle with a swinging length of metal; a long gutter is heavier and sharper than it looks.
Once the weather calms, the fix depends on what failed. Hangers pulled out of sound wood can be reset. Hangers torn out of soft wood need fascia repair first. A run kinked or crushed in the fall is usually replaced, since bent aluminum does not hold its pitch.
How fast we can help
The phone is answered around the clock, so you can talk to someone the moment a gutter comes down. Securing a loose run is usually a short visit. The permanent rehang or replacement is scheduled for dry weather, often the next day, so the new hangers go into dry wood and the pitch can be set properly.
Wind-torn runs
Strong wind gets under a loose gutter and levers it off the fascia, often starting at an end cap or a corner. We check how far the damage runs, because a gutter that peeled from one end has usually loosened hangers along much of its length. The fix is a full rehang on hidden hangers, not just the section that came down.
Tree limb strikes
A falling limb can crush a run, tear it off the house and damage the roof edge at the same time. We cut the gutter free of the limb, check the drip edge and fascia it hit, and replace the crushed section. If the roof itself is damaged, we tell you so you can get a roofer out before rain.
Temporary securing
In the middle of a storm the goal is safety. We secure the loose run with straps or take it down entirely and lay it out of the way, and we tarp or protect the roof edge if needed. The permanent fix waits for dry weather, when the hangers can be set properly.
Rehang or replace
If the gutter is straight and the wood behind it is sound, we rehang it on new hidden hangers at the right pitch. If it is kinked, crushed or torn, a new seamless run formed to length costs less than trying to straighten it, and it will drain properly.
How we handle a fallen gutter
You call
Any hour. We ask what came down and whether anyone is at risk.
Make it safe
The loose run is secured or taken down.
Assess
We check the gutter, hangers, fascia and roof edge.
Repair
Rehang on new hangers or replace bent sections.
Test
Water run through to the downspouts.
Storm damage on Dallas rooflines
North Texas storms tear gutters off houses every year. On October 20, 2019 an EF-3 tornado with 140 mph winds stayed on the ground for about 15 miles, cutting through Preston Hollow and on into Richardson, and gutters were among the first things it peeled off. Most fallen gutters come from far smaller storms, but the lesson is the same: loose hangers fail first.
What affects the cost of a fallen gutter repair
We have no sourced range for this work, so these are the factors that set the price.
- 1How much came down
One section or a whole side.
- 2Gutter condition
Bent runs are replaced, straight ones rehung.
- 3Fascia damage
Torn or soft boards replaced first.
- 4After-hours securing
Night or storm visits can cost more; we tell you first.
- 5Height
Second-story runs need more setup.
What is safe to do yourself
Safe right now
- Keep people, pets and cars out from under it
- Photograph the damage for your records
- Move anything the gutter could hit
Leave to us
- Climbing a ladder in wind or rain
- Pulling a long run off the house
- Anything on a second story
Fallen gutter questions
Keep people, pets and cars clear, do not climb a ladder in bad weather, and call us. We can talk you through it right away.
If it is straight and the wood behind it is sound, yes. Bent sections are replaced.
Usually loose hangers, soft fascia, a clogged run full of water, or wind and falling limbs.
The phone is answered 24/7. We secure dangerous runs as soon as it is safe to work.
That depends on your policy and the cause. We document the damage so you can file.
Yes. When one run fails, the others often have loose hangers too.