Barbara & Kurt Bingham contacted me to replace their gutters with copper, redo the DS on the guest house and add screens. I also helped them out with a problem they had with the daylight dining room that had, so I offered them a less costly solution to seal up their 16 larger skylight windows that were leaking.

Roger & Cathy Aumann contacted me to replace their gutters with copper.

Tom contacted me for a bid to solve an issue that he was told was very complicated to replace their gutters. I brought my big ladder out with me to see them up close and found out it would not be very complicated at all. There were regular K-5 gutters up there that looked like built in gutters with wood trim under them. I added some flashing under the gutter just over the wood trim to help keep it dry.

Paul Hart had searched to find my web site after he was fed up with his crappy steel gutters he hire another Contractor to put up less than 5 years prior. He contacted me 6/10 about replacing those new gutters on their house with copper. He liked that ideas I had for several improvement. He was impressed to see how spent over 3 weeks to carefully do what the last Gutter Contractor did in just a couple days.

Geoff Henderson moved his family up here from San Francisco. He found my web site and contacted me through e-mail about replacing the gutter on their new house with copper. They've been remodeling this house and landscaping the yard that had been let go for some time. This house had a rather unusual roofline where the gutters had to be mounted at a slope to catch the rain from the roof, so instead of just a small outlet I suggested a pair of corner scuppers to drain the rush of rain water into. He liked that idea and chose this style for us to make. It was a little tricky to navigate the elbows over onto the wall mounted downspout.

Erica Dagle was a good friend and coworker of a previous client: Kundalini Bennett who runs Portland Alternative Realtors (503) 238-7617. They have been remodeling this house over the last year or so, and copper gutters  was last on the list. I needed to take careful consideration when trimming the rafter tails to allow for these new gutters to be mounted properly to drain right, without taking off any more than needed, so the original style of the house is not lost.

This copper gutter work was for Keith Snider on their small cute brick house. they just had a new roof put on and did not want just the standard gutters the Roofing Contractor was pushing.

A professional Firefighter named Gordon McDonald was fixing up his house with a new roof and wanted our copper gutters and a custom scupper. He had considered putting them up himself and not have to wait for me to fit this into my schedule, but he decided it would be best to have us do the installation and not risk them getting damaged.

Hunter Graham found me through my web site looking for copper gutters and chimney caps. He also wanted a Rooster style weathervane mounted on the end of their front gable peak to go with the live chickens they have that roam the yard. I had to ride in a small bucket at the end of the crane arm to fasten this chimney cap, but the weathervane mount was even scarier.

Donald found me through my web site looking for copper gutters. He also wanted this cute set of fish shaped ran-cups used for the back gutter.

Frank and Linda found me on-line and asked me to replace their gutters with a combination of copper on the front and a Weathered Bronze painted aluminum gutters on the back on their cute home in N. Portland.

Allan found me through my web site and contacted me just after X-mas to get a bid for aluminum gutters with copper ridge caps for moss control on his cute home in N. E. Portland.

Ken and Jana Wolfgang found my web site and contacted me 10/08 to get a bid for copper gutters. They had all the old plastic gutter removed and the fascia boards replaced, so there were no gutters to remove. Later they had me make copper ridge cap for a hidden vented roof and other flashing for the reroofing they had done. I also made them this custom vent cap on the right.

Bernice found my web site and contacted me in May 08 to get a bid for copper gutters and a roof cleaning with the copper ridge caps on her home in Gresham. They were having the house painted, so I came early to remove the gutters.

Scott found me through the A's List web site and contacted me in June 08. He's more familiar with non-ferris metal than most clients though his work at his company Tice Industries that his Great Grandfather founded in 1947.

$2,197.20 - 146.48 ln' of 20oz copper gutters w/o removal
$1,490.52 - 124.21 ln' of 16oz copper downspouts and elbows
$1,050.00 - 2 corners and 19 Mitered End-caps
$  715.00 -  11 larger No-clog outlets
$  585.00 - 9 Leaf-catchers

The final adjusted cost was $126.03 less than the original bid

To see all 33 photos and read more about this project go here:
http://dmr-gutters.com/cg/Tice.htm

I was really jazzed to be working on this house restoration. He found me doing a search for this web site and first contacted me back in December of 2007 to get a bid for copper gutter. After presenting him with my formal quote for $15k he disclosed to me how the other gutter contractor had wanted $29k, so my bid was about half of their bid. And it would not have been nearly as high quality as my installation either.

I happen to notice how the rear 4x10 beam of the car port was extremely rotten and the carport was at great risk of falling over, so they had me work on that as well. They were so happy with my work they gave me over $50 above the final invoice. They were so pleased with my work they called me back to cover the side and front rake edge boards as well with copper. They are thinking about having me rebuild their back deck as well.

$     50.00 - worked to clear out the back storm drain
$   563.50 - 72.25 ln' of 2x4 primed and painted fascia boards replaced
$   725.25 - 115.5 sq' of hardwood plywood soffit w/12 intake roof vents
$1,511.23 - 99.56 ln' of 20oz copper gutters & 16oz DS w/removal
$   300.00 - 2 special ends and 4 Mitered End-caps
$   330.00 - 18 ln' of 32oz copper Tulip style rain-cups
$   197.20 - 78.88 ln' of hinged leaf screens
$   195.00 - 3 larger No-clog outlets
$     65.00 - 1 Leaf-catcher
$1,000.00 - rebuilt back support of the carport and added from bracing
$   191.25 - 26 sq' of aluminum and copper flashing on carport roof
$1,045.42 - 96.5 ln' of 20oz copper rake edge board covers
$   210.00 - 6 copper covers for the ends of the eaves

The final adjusted cost for the gutter work was $267.40 less than the original bid even w/rain-cups

To see all 52 photos and read more about this project go here:
http://dmr-gutters.com/cg/Lenio.htm

I had to build a wedge piece to go the length of the gutter that mounted to the back of the gutters to hold it level on this angles fascia board. She opted for the black steel screens over the copper screens, since for half the cost they are likely to last just as well.

She was partial to the rain chains she had, but these fancy copper rain-cups look and work a lot better

$1,748.25 - 155.4 ln' of 20oz copper 9" wide supper drip-edge flashing
$3,488.00 - 266 ln' of 16oz copper gutters & DS w/o removal
$     90.00 - hard install (not nearly enough)
$   750.00 - 15 corners and Mitered End-caps
$   879.00 - 146.5 ln' of 20oz copper wedge for behind the gutters
$   158.00 - 6 ln' of 32oz copper buttercup style rain-cups w/spacers
$   360.00 - 2 sets of decorative copper tea pot and flowering can style rain-cups
$   990.00 - 82.5 ln' custom copper trays for the sides of the angled roofs
$   371.25 - 148.5 ln' of hinged leaf screens
$   585.00 - 9 larger no-clog outlets
$   260.00 - 4 leaf-catchers
$   320.00 - 60' + 10 couplings 3" ABS storm drain pipe

The final adjusted cost was $282.25 less than the original bid

I wound up having to build some extensive scaffolding just to access the roof on the side and rear of the house because of the heights and thick foliage around the house. I also needed to add a good 95' of 3" ABS storm drain piping to get the run-off away from the foundation.

$   700.00 - 133 rater tails cut back
$4,319.70 - 309.58 ln' of 20oz copper gutters & DS w/o removal
$   364.13 - hard install  (not nearly enough)
$   400.00 - 8 corners and expansion joints
$   270.00 - 2 custom copper trays for high head-room DS
$   902.61 - 200.58 ln' of hinged leaf screens
$   330.00 - 6 larger No-clog outlets
$   165.00 - 3 Leaf-catchers
$   427.00 - 95' + 16 couplings 3" ABS storm drain pipe
$   128.00 - 22 ln' of 2x6 fascia board
$1,388.85 - 24 ln' of rebuilt cat-walk and gate

To see all 42 photos and read more about this unusual project go here:
http://dmr-gutters.com/cg/Holbrook.htm

I needed to mount the gutters lower to allow for possible snow loads to slide off without thrashing the gutters. They later asked me to make them some custom copper flashing to cover the exposed fascia boards over the gutters.

This also gave the screens a good sturdy surface to rest on, since they cannot set over the metal roofing like I do with most installations. I bent all the edges of the metal roof panels down to be a proper drip edge, so the rain is much less likely to shoot over the top of the gutter in a heavy down pour. I was called in later to replace these flimsy copper screens with the black steel screens I now use on copper gutter jobs, as they had gotten bent terribly out of shape from snow loads we got in the Winter of 09.

Below shows how I was able to eliminate the diagonal DS pipe over the window by making the gutter wrap around the corner to the DS 7' back

$3,760.90 - 252.04 ln' of 20oz copper gutters & DS w/removal $   650.00 - 13 corners and Mitered End-caps to seal $   702.00 - 156 ln' of hinged leaf screens

$ 495 - 9 larger no-clog outlets $ 330 - 6 leaf-catchers $ 550 - 144.83' of custom flashing $   44 - 8' of primed fascia board

They later asked me to make them some custom scuppers to dress up the front columns of their house and cover some of the rake edge boards with copper instead of working to strip them for repainting.

$1,681.17 - 112.89 ln' of 20oz copper gutters $   280.00 - 80' of aluminum gutters $   720.00 - 15 corners and Mitered End-caps $   172.50 - hard install $   424.69 - 114.25 ln' of hinged leaf screens

$ 410.00 - 8 larger No-clog outlets $ 220.00 - 4 Leaf-catchers $ 369.38 - 93.75' of drip-edge flashing $ 142.50 - 30' + connectors ABS sewer pipe $ 811.80 - 40.59 sq' of copper fascia covers & ridge caps $ 744.00 - 3 custom copper scuppers

To see all 32 photos and read more about this project go here:
http://dmr-gutters.com/cg/Burles.htm

They needed some minor flashing work as well to replace some rusty steel flashing that was missed by the roofer who installed the tile roof. You can see the mildew stains down the bricks from the old gutters here in the right photo.

$3,140 - 260 ln' of standard 16oz copper gutters & DS $   650 - 13 corners and Mitered End-caps $   138 - hard install: DS mount over bricks

$ 495.00 - 9 leaf-catchers $ 124.50 - 4.98 sq' of copper flashing $   54.00 - 36 ln' of fascia work $ 138.00 - 30' of storm drain pipe

To see all 13 photos and read more about this project go here:
http://dmr-gutters.com/cg/Skinner.htm

To see all 4 photos and read more about this project go here:
http://copper-by-design.com/cw/Gerber.htm

They had several different contractors attempt to fix her gutter problems in the past and I was amazed with some of the crazy ideas they had that did not work. It was a collection of the worst repairs I have ever seen. They had me replace her gutter system and built-in scuppers with nice sturdy copper and aluminum gutters that work.

They had me replace 6 custom scuppers in aluminum and copper for the 2 built-in scuppers, so they would last. The last repairman had covered her rusty steel with aluminum foil as a fix to keep it from leaking into the house walls. I could not believe my eyes when I saw it! The rust holes were large enough to pass my fist through (as you can see). The next photo shows the temporary repair with aluminum I did just to get them by a few months, until I could fit their job in my schedule and fix this properly with copper.

Believe it or not the previous front gutter repair was even more ridiculous.

$2,661.67 - 355.48 ln' white aluminum gutters w/Herritage Cream DS, 56.5 ln' of 20oz copper gutters w/removal
$   550.00 - 13 corners and Mitered End-caps
$   880.00 - hard install
$   489.38 - 137.5 ln' of hinged leaf screens
$   380.00 - 8 larger No-clog outlets
$   270.00 - 6 Leaf-catchers
$   369.38 - 93.75 ln' of drip-edge flashing
$   142.50 - 30' + connectors ABS sewer pipe
$   300.00 - 40 ln' of custom copper flashing covers in front of the copper gutter
$2,000.00 - 6 custom copper and aluminum Scuppers

To see all 59 photos and read more about this project go here:
http://dmr-gutters.com/cg/Stevenson.htm

The funny thing was how the General Contractor rebuilding this house was having the roofing replaced. They had me cover it the with the 20oz copper sheet metal. The gutters were gone, so I asked about having me install the gutters in aluminum or perhaps a matching copper, but he said he already had a gutter contractor lined up to do it. Then a year later I am contacted By Mr. Lesh to replace the cheap steel gutters that were just put up with our copper gutter system and add some gutters on the sides. The steel gutters were already failing.

$3,100.00 - 155 sq' of 20oz copper over entry roof $3,205.43 - 226.15 ln' of copper gutters & DS w/removal $1,215.00 - 27 corners and Mitered End-caps $   501.25 - 117.94 ln' of hinged leaf screens $   275.00 - 5 larger No-clog outlets

$ 165.00 - 3 Leaf-catchers $ 120.00 - 6 sq' of copper flashing $ 342.50 - 68.5' of fascia build-out $ 150.00 - 2 storm drains cleared out $ 765.00 - 7' tall finial rebuilt $ 787.50 - 31.5' of copper covered cedar window well border

To see all 42 photos and read more about this project go here:
http://dmr-gutters.com/cg/Lesh.htm

I removed the old steel fascia gutters to install our new 20oz copper gutters for Cam Buck. The original bid on 3-23-06 was for $3,753.50, just 5 days before we found out that copper prices were sky-rocketing. We were stuck at that price, since Cam had agree to the terms and put the 1/3 down deposit just within the 30 days. The cost of copper had over double by the time we got a chance to do this work. We still recalculated the cost to reflect only the materials used. A savings of $305.18.

$2,547.05 - 202.67 ln' 20oz copper gutters & DS w/removal
$   496.27 - 141.79 ln' of hinged leaf screens
$   240.00 - 4 larger No-clog outlets w/custom tray
$   165.00 - 3 Leaf-catchers
$   476.40 - 31.76' of custom patio floor side copper cap metal

To see all 22 photos and read more about this project go here:
http://dmr-gutters.com/cg/Buck.htm

I removed the aluminum gutters to install my new 20oz copper gutters for Michael Wight. The original bid on 11-19-05 was for $7,955.96, but they waited until 3-28-06 to agree to the terms and put the 1/3 down deposit. The cost of copper had risen considerably, so we had to charge more, but with only half the screens it raised the cost to only $8,152.40. Then later with more changes of adding some drip-edge flashing and screens all around; the final cost was only $8,164.30 for everything after we had recalculated the cost to reflect only the materials used and a 25% discount on all the screens, which was a savings of $457.07.

$5,532.58 - 104.56 ln' of 20oz copper gutters & DS w/removal
$   960.00 - 24 corners and Mitered End-caps
$   719.06 - 295 ln' of hinged leaf screens
$   550.00 - 11 larger No-clog outlets
$   350.00 - 7 Leaf-catchers
$     52.66 - 26.33 ln' of drip-edge flashing

To see all 4 photos and read more about this project go here:
http://dmr-gutters.com/cg/Wight.htm

Here is a cute little house that I installed new 20oz copper gutters for  client Kundalini Bennett who runs Portland Alternative Realators (503) 238-7617, and an acquaintance I've known since 1994. We had become friends for over the last decade, so when she was ready to remodel her house she had me make up all the copper roof flashing for her to roof the house herself. There is also a copper ridge cap with a hidden roof vent under it. She also had me make a water feature and copper cap metal for the new cedar fencing.

$1,925.66 - 172.52 ln' 20oz copper gutters & DS w/o removal
$   560.00 - 14 corners and Mitered End-caps
$   427.32 - 94.96 ln' of hinged leaf screens
$   330.00 - 6 larger No-clog outlets
$   275.00 - 5 Leaf-catchers
$   125.00 - custom work on water feature
$   960.40 - 96.04 ln' copper fence cap metal
$2,889.30 - 244.80 sq' of roof flashing & ridge cap w/vent screening & blocks

To see all 31 photos and read more about this project go here:
http://dmr-gutters.com/cg/Bennett.htm

Here is a small house that I installed new 20oz copper gutters on the front and painted aluminum gutters on the rear for our client George Raymos. The original bid was for $2,623.75, but the final cost was only $2,137.51 for everything after we recalculated the cost to reflect only the materials used, which was a savings of $486.24.

$   229.37 - 61.79 ln' of aluminum gutters on the back
$1,035.14 - 104.56 ln' of heavy-duty copper gutters & DS w/removal
$   243.00 - 83 ln' of hinged leaf screens
$   280.00 - 6 larger No-clog outlets
$     40.00 - 1 Leaf-catcher

To see all 5 photos and read more about this project go here:
http://dmr-gutters.com/cg/Raymos.htm

There is a small section of a 20oz copper gutters we contracted to replace on the opposite corner of this house for Mr. Masood.  It is a high security gated house, so you would not be able to get close enough to get a look at the back gutter work we did unless you are strolling the golf coarse behind them.  These copper gutters are to replace the steel concave fascia gutters that had clogged even though they have no tall trees near the house. He had us replace just that back corner of the house that was giving them the most grief for now, and wanted me to do the whole house later. We ran into conflicts that could not be resolved, so I refunded his deposit for the rest of the work.

To see all 6 photos and read more about this project go here:
http://dmr-gutters.com/cg/Masood.htm

We also re-flashed the back chimney at the cost of $625

The aluminum gutters they had were hung from thin aluminum straps nailed on the roof, and some had fallen off after a few years, so they had the painters tear off the rest of the gutters and downspouts.  They had paid $23k just to have their house paint removed.  And another $13k to have it primed and a 4 tone paint job done.  Their house is on the Historical registry, so they were perplexed to figure out how to solve their gutter problems.

They had spent a few years trying to find a gutter contractor to even give them a bid for the work they needed, but were unsuccessful.  They were thrilled to finally find our web site and see how we have already done this kind of work on houses that were originally designed not to be able to mount gutters onto. 

In our original bid to add the drip edge that the roofers neglected to install, and to build out the eaves of the roof in order to mount the 175' of new aluminum gutters onto, the downspouts, and the No-clog options had come to $4,600 total.

After seeing our bid, the Kistlers then asked us for a price on 16oz copper gutters with the mitered endcapping.  This added only $3,200 more to the cost, for a total of $7,800.  They put down $3,900 to have us schedule it in, even though we were booked 3 months out.  They latter added the heavy gauge 20oz copper gutters to our bid.  The final cost was $8,063.10 for everything after we recalculated the cost to reflect only the materials used.  So the heavy-duty copper only added $263.10 to the original bid

Click on the photos above to see more clarity and detail.  I had taken over 300 photos, so I spaced out this project over 8 separate web pages, with the most detailed info on this web site for gutter fabrication. There is also photos from several years after installation.

To see all 315 photos and read more about this project go here:
http://dmr-gutters.com/cg/Kistler1.htm

They later decided to go with the copper gutters at $4.8k. Then just before doing the work, they decided to go the extra cost for the heavy gauge 20oz copper for the gutters.  This was our first copper gutter job we got for the heavy gauge copper.  It was noticeable stronger and heavier.

That cost them $5,609.80 to install the 191.5' of heavy gauge 20oz copper gutters plus the downspouts, along with the No-clog options and all the advanced features we offer, short of the embossed gutters shown at the bottom of this page, since we have not yet had a taker on that feature.

To see all 16 photos and read more about this project go here:
http://dmr-gutters.com/cg/Hill.htm

We later were called back to make a small custom gutter to go around the balcony, so the railing can be attached outside that.

We were called back to fabricate a custom white painted aluminum cover for two window sills.  One that had developed such dry-rot that it was growing mushrooms out of the wood.  We also cleaned the debris off the roof while there.  They report to have not needed to service the gutters at all since they were installed.

To see all 73 photos and read more about this project go here:
http://dmr-gutters.com/cg/Yocum.htm

There are also some more current photos after a few years (3-05)

They latter had us return to install aluminum gutters on their 85' long barn.  Then a few years latter to do roof cleaning and moss treatment.  I trust that this repeat business is a good indication of customer satisfaction.  See our 'Referral' web page for our written referrals.

These photos are several years after we installed the gutters on the house, so it shows how they look dark brown after about 4 years of tarnishing.  It actually takes several decades to get that chalky green tarnish look.

Click on the photos to see more detail.