Pittsburgh Premium Roofing provides professional gutters & downspouts in Pittsburgh, PA for residential and commercial properties across Allegheny County. Of everything on this website, this page carries the most weight, and it is the one the trade usually treats as an accessory sale. On a Pittsburgh hillside the gutter is not the product. The outlet is the product. Everything upstream is plumbing that gets water to the decision.
Start with the geology, because it is documented. The U.S. Geological Survey's study of landsliding in Allegheny County states that more than ninety percent of the landsliding here comes from human modification of slopes, and it names faulty drainage systems, specifically inadequate disposal of downspout water, as one of the ways slopes get altered. That sentence was published in 1975 and it has aged extremely well.
Now the law, which pushes in an awkward direction. Pittsburgh's ordinance on illegal surface stormwater connections makes it unlawful to keep a downspout or roof drain tied into the city's sanitary sewer, including connections that were perfectly legal when they were made. It also makes it unlawful to sell a city property without delivering evidence of compliance from the water and sewer authority, based on a dye test certified by a plumber registered with the county health department.
Put those two facts side by side and you get the trap. The ordinance requires the disconnection. It does not tell you where the water should go instead, beyond another lawful place. The cheapest compliant answer is to cut the leader off at the wall and set a splash block, and on a red-bed hillside that is precisely the disposal the geologists warned about. Compliance and stability point opposite ways, and the homeowner is left holding both.
Our answer is a carry line. Oversized leaders, generally three by four rather than two by three, feeding a solid pipe that runs to a discharge point chosen deliberately: a lawful storm connection where one exists, a properly sized outfall well clear of the toe and the head of the slope, or an approved facility. It is drawn, dimensioned in feet, and handed to you with the invoice.
Two limits we are clear about. We are roofers, so we install gutters, leaders and carry lines above and at grade. We do not perform the dye test and we cannot issue evidence of compliance. That is work for a registered plumber and we will tell you to hire one.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — weak red claystone weathering under hillside colluvium, a leader carry line dimensioned in feet on the estimate, boxed cornice eaves with no soffit cavity to vent, plywood keyed into sound one-by plank decking, counterflashing set into a sawn mortar reglet with lead wedges, a framed cricket behind any stack wider than thirty inches — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Pittsburgh and nearby communities including Mount Lebanon, Bethel Park, Penn Hills, Ross Township.
What We Handle
Everything our gutters & downspouts in Pittsburgh covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of gutters & downspouts work in Pittsburgh, PA. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- gutters and downspouts Pittsburgh
- aluminum gutter installation
- downspout extension
- gutter replacement cost
- downspout disconnection
- gutter guards Pittsburgh
- oversized downspouts
- gutter repair and cleaning
- leader line to discharge
- fascia gutter hangers
- roof runoff drainage
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Pittsburgh services.
Materials, equipment and how we do gutters & downspouts
The difference between gutters & downspouts that lasts and gutters & downspouts that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with weak red claystone weathering under hillside colluvium, a leader carry line dimensioned in feet on the estimate, boxed cornice eaves with no soffit cavity to vent, plywood keyed into sound one-by plank decking, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every Pittsburgh job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. Years of roofing work in Allegheny County means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do gutters & downspouts outside Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Premium Roofing covers Pittsburgh and the surrounding communities of Allegheny County. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Gutters & Downspouts in Mount Lebanon, PA — Allegheny County, population 34,075
- Gutters & Downspouts in Bethel Park, PA — Allegheny County, population 33,577
- Gutters & Downspouts in Penn Hills, PA — Allegheny County, population 41,059
- Gutters & Downspouts in Ross Township, PA — Allegheny County, population 33,567
- Gutters & Downspouts in Shaler Township, PA — Allegheny County, population 28,132
- Gutters & Downspouts in Baldwin, PA — Allegheny County, population 21,510
Start on the Pittsburgh Premium Roofing homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Pittsburgh Chooses Pittsburgh Premium Roofing
- ✓We inspect the ground as well as the roof, using the warning signs the U.S. Geological Survey published for homeowners in this county.
- ✓Every estimate carries a drawing showing each leader, its size, its route, and the distance in feet from the wall to its discharge.
- ✓We say no in writing. Tile on unverified footings, standing seam on a moving frame, and coatings over cracking decks are all jobs we decline.
- ✓We name what we cannot do. The stormwater dye test and the evidence of compliance are a registered plumber's work, not a roofer's.
The standards behind gutters & downspouts
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The gutters & downspouts work we do in Pittsburgh follows published industry standards: NRCA publishes the Roofing Manual, the industry's reference for details and slope minimums, and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association sets the shingle application and ventilation guidance the warranties reference. If a contractor cannot tell you which standard a detail comes from, that is worth asking about before you sign.
Every gutters & downspouts project in Pittsburgh gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (844) 511-2320 for a free gutters & downspouts free estimate in Pittsburgh, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.