Gutter Division — Nassau & Suffolk

Long Island
Seamless Gutters.

Seamless aluminum gutters roll-formed on site, sized for your actual roof, hung on hidden hangers into fascia we have already checked and repaired — and downspouts that carry the water somewhere it cannot hurt the house.

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40.7712° N · 72.9934° W — SUFFOLK COUNTY

SERVICE: GUTTER DIVISION — NASSAU & SUFFOLK

LICENSE: HI-68303 · VERIFIED

Gutter Division — Long Island

The Gutter Is
The Cheapest Part
Of Your Roof.

And it is the part that decides whether the expensive parts last. One inch of rain on a 2,000 square foot roof is about 1,250 gallons of water. A three-inch nor'easter is roughly 3,700. Every dollar of fascia, soffit, sill and rim joist rot we repair on Long Island traces back to that water not leaving the house in a controlled way.

We are a licensed general contractor, not a gutter company. That means the fascia gets probed and replaced before anything is hung on it, the drip edge gets corrected, the soffit venting gets checked, and the downspouts actually go somewhere. Suffolk County Home Improvement License HI-68303, insured, same crew since 2018.

What We Do

Seamless .032 aluminum gutter, roll-formed on site
6-inch K-style with 3x4 downspouts for large and steep roofs
Half-round and copper on historic village housing
Gutter repair, re-pitching and re-hanging on hidden hangers
Micro-mesh gutter guard installation
Gutter cleaning, fall and spring
Fascia and soffit repair, rafter tail sistering
Drip edge and gutter apron correction
Downspout extensions, buried PVC to daylight, drywells
Full gutter replacement alongside a new roof

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Downspout extension carrying roof water away from a Long Island foundation

Why Alec's

We Fix The Wood
Before The Metal

Fascia First, Gutter Last

When the old gutter comes off we probe the full run. Soft wood gets cut back to a sound rafter tail and replaced, primed on all six sides. Hanging new aluminum on rotted fascia is money set on fire — the hangers have nothing to bite and the run sags again in three years.

Sized For Your Roof

Most Long Island overflow is not clogging — it is 5-inch gutter and one 2x3 downspout serving 45 feet of a steep two-story roof. We measure the drainage area, set one outlet per 30 to 35 feet, and upsize to 6-inch and 3x4 where the roof demands it.

Licensed & Insured, Verifiable

Suffolk County Home Improvement License HI-68303, general liability and workers compensation. Certificates come from our agent, not a photo on a phone. Written scope with gauge, hanger spacing and downspout count before anything starts.

Sizing & Spec

Most Overflow Is
Not A Clog.

If your gutters spill over in a heavy rain and cleaning them never seems to help, the system is undersized, unpitched, or short of downspouts. Here is the spec we build to on Long Island.

5-Inch K-Style

The standard on most Long Island houses and adequate for a modest roof at a modest pitch, with 2x3 downspouts. If your house has it and never overflows, it is the right size.

6-Inch & 3x4

Roughly 40 percent more capacity, and a downspout carrying a bit over twice what a 2x3 does — while being far less likely to clog with shingle grit or pine needles. The right call on big colonials, steep roofs and expanded capes.

One Outlet Per 30–35 Ft

The rule we build to, and more on a steep roof. The classic Long Island defect is 45 feet of back gutter running to one downspout at the end, which backs up and spills in the middle of the run in every real storm.

.032 Aluminum, Not .027

The thinner coil is what discount installers use. It dents when a ladder leans on it and oil-cans between hangers on a long run. Ask which gauge is in your quote — a vague answer is the answer.

Hidden Hangers At 24 In

Screwed into the fascia, nothing through the face of the gutter. Sixteen to eighteen inches on north-facing and ice-prone runs. Spikes work loose as the fascia moves and are why old gutters sag and pull away.

Pitch: ¼ In Per 10 Ft

Enough that water moves to the outlet, little enough that the run still reads level from the street. Too little and water stands, holds debris, breeds mosquitoes and freezes solid in January.

Where The Water Has To Go

A splash block spreads discharge over about eighteen inches and does nothing to move it away from the house. The backfill around a foundation is looser than undisturbed ground, so water dumped at the wall runs straight down that ring and finds the cold joint. Six feet is the minimum, ten is better, and on a flat lot with nowhere to daylight to, a drywell sized to the actual roof area feeding it is the answer — Long Island's sandy soil percolates well. One warning specific to Suffolk: never route a downspout over a cesspool or leach field. Full drainage guide.

Long Island Conditions

What This Island
Does To Gutters.

Salt Air Eats Fasteners

On the bays, canals and North Shore harbours — Babylon, Lindenhurst, Massapequa, Bay Shore, Northport — the aluminum often outlives the hardware holding it. Stainless fasteners cost a rounding error more. Fifteen to twenty years is honest near salt water against twenty to thirty inland.

Pine Needles Beat Screens

In the pine areas — East Patchogue, Shirley, the pine barrens edge — needles thread through screen guards and mat into a felt water cannot pass. A cheap screen there is worse than no guard, because the clog moves on top of the gutter where you cannot reach it. Micro-mesh only.

Sixty Freeze-Thaw Cycles

That is roughly what a Long Island winter puts through a roof edge, and it is what turns a wet fascia board into a soft one. It is also why sectional gutter sealant fails here faster than the label suggests, and why seamless matters.

Cesspools, Not Sewers

Most of Suffolk is on cesspools. A downspout discharging over the leach field loads thousands of gallons of clean rainwater into a system sized for household waste, and can push it into failure years early — a $5,000 to $15,000 replacement. We ask where the system is before we route anything.

Sandy Soil Percolates

Which is why drywells work better here than in most of the country. The usual reason one 'fails' is that it was undersized for the roof feeding it, not that the soil would not take the water.

Ice Dams Are An Attic Problem

Gutters do not cause them and guards do not prevent them. Heat escaping into the attic melts snow that refreezes at the cold eave. But the gutter under an ice-prone eave wants tighter hanger spacing, and the real fix is insulation and soffit venting.

Common Questions

Gutter FAQ

Five-inch K-style with 2x3 downspouts handles a modest roof at a modest pitch. Six-inch with 3x4 downspouts is the right call on large two-story colonials, steep roofs, expanded capes where additions doubled the roof area, and any long run served by a single outlet. A 6-inch gutter carries about 40 percent more water and a 3x4 downspout carries a bit over twice what a 2x3 does.

As a market range, 5-inch seamless aluminum runs about $9 to $16 per linear foot installed and 6-inch with 3x4 downspouts about $13 to $22. A typical Long Island house has 150 to 220 linear feet. Height, roof geometry, fascia condition, downspout count and drainage work are what actually move the number, so we give a written figure after walking the property.

Yes, and it should never be optional. Hangers screwed into soft fascia have nothing to hold, so the new run sags exactly the way the old one did within two or three years. We probe the full run, cut rot back to a sound rafter tail, sister the tail if it is soft, prime the new board on all six sides, and correct the drip edge before the gutter goes on.

One for every 30 to 35 feet of gutter run, and more on a steep roof or a large drainage area. The most common defect we find on Long Island is 45 feet of back gutter running to a single 2x3 downspout at one end — it overflows in the middle of the run in every real storm and no amount of cleaning fixes it.

Six feet minimum, ten if the lot allows. One inch of rain on a 2,000 square foot roof is about 1,250 gallons, and a splash block spreads that over eighteen inches right against the foundation. Where there is no grade to daylight to, a drywell sized to the roof area feeding it is the answer — Long Island's sandy soil percolates well.

On two and three-story houses, under heavy oak and maple canopy, or where ladder access is genuinely difficult — yes, and only quality micro-mesh. Cheap screens let pine needles and maple seeds through and then mat on top of the gutter where you cannot reach them. Guards are never worth buying for a gutter that is undersized or unpitched; fix that first.

Yes. Gutter work is one of the few exterior trades with no real seasonal limit here. The sensible time is before the leaves come down and before the first freeze, so the house is not spending the whole winter putting water where it should not go.

Yes. Alec's Construction Inc. holds Suffolk County Home Improvement License HI-68303 and carries general liability and workers compensation. Certificates come from our agent on request. We have been working across Nassau and Suffolk since 2018.

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We measure the runs, count the corners, probe the fascia, check where your water is going now, and hand you a written scope with the gauge, the hanger spacing, the downspout count and the drainage spelled out. No obligation.

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Service Area

Gutter Installation Across Long Island

Seamless gutters, repair and drainage throughout Suffolk and Nassau County. Town-by-town guides below.

Same-Day Response — 0 to 10 Miles

East Patchogue · Patchogue · Medford · Bellport · Sayville · Holbrook · Farmingville · Coram · Shirley · Blue Point · Bayport · Holtsville

Core Suffolk — 10 to 25 Miles

Bay Shore · Islip · West Islip · Ronkonkoma · Smithtown · Port Jefferson · Babylon · Lindenhurst · Commack · Hauppauge · Setauket · Selden · Nesconset · Lake Grove

North Shore, East End & Nassau

Huntington · Northport · Dix Hills · Melville · Riverhead · Southampton · East Hampton · Massapequa · Garden City · Merrick · Syosset · Rockville Centre

Not listed? Call (631) 312-7441 — we cover both counties.

Long IslandSeamless Gutters.

The Gutter IsThe Cheapest PartOf Your Roof.

What We Do

We Fix The WoodBefore The Metal

Fascia First, Gutter Last

Sized For Your Roof

Licensed & Insured, Verifiable

Install, Guard, Drain

Seamless Install

Micro-Mesh Guards

Fascia Repair

Our Process

Free Walkthrough

The Wood Behind It

Then The Gutter

Most Overflow IsNot A Clog.

5-Inch K-Style

6-Inch & 3x4

One Outlet Per 30–35 Ft

.032 Aluminum, Not .027

Hidden Hangers At 24 In

Pitch: ¼ In Per 10 Ft

Where The Water Has To Go

What This IslandDoes To Gutters.

Salt Air Eats Fasteners

Pine Needles Beat Screens

Sixty Freeze-Thaw Cycles

Cesspools, Not Sewers

Sandy Soil Percolates

Ice Dams Are An Attic Problem

Gutter FAQ

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Gutter Installation Across Long Island

Same-Day Response — 0 to 10 Miles

Core Suffolk — 10 to 25 Miles

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