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Owens Corning Gutter Replacement: The Fort Lauderdale Owner’s Guide

If your Owens Corning gutters are pulling away, leaking at the seams, or spilling water over the sides during a Florida downpour, we can match and replace them for $9 to $14 per linear foot installed in Fort Lauderdale, and we carry the common profiles and hardware on our trucks. Most gutter replacement jobs take a single morning, and we’ll give you a written price before any work starts. The way most homeowners find us: they notice a drip near the fascia board, or they see a section sagging after a heavy summer storm, or their landscaper points out that the downspout has separated from the gutter run entirely.

Call (754) 354-1224

We’re Mercer Roofing Co Fort Lauderdale. We’re an independent service provider, not affiliated with Owens Corning, but we work with their gutter profiles and color lines regularly, and we stock the parts that fail most often in South Florida’s climate.

Which Owens Corning Models This Applies To

Owens Corning’s gutter line includes the classic K-style profiles in 5-inch and 6-inch widths, plus the boxier half-round profile you see on a lot of older Fort Lauderdale homes from the 1960s and 1970s. The 5-inch K-style is the workhorse of Broward County residential gutters. The 6-inch version is common on larger roofs with steep pitches or long runs, particularly in neighborhoods like Rio Vista, Victoria Park, and Coral Ridge where the homes are bigger and the roof areas push more water in a short burst.

If you can’t find the model number, measure the opening width across the top of the gutter. A 5-inch gutter measures roughly 5 inches across the opening; a 6-inch measures 6. The half-round style is unmistakable on sight, though identifying the original manufacturer can be trickier. That’s where we typically match by profile and color rather than by brand stamp, since Owens Corning’s white and almond color lines have stayed consistent enough over the years to blend well.

When it comes to OEM versus aftermarket, here’s what we tell homeowners straight: Owens Corning’s OEM gutter components are high quality, but much of what matters in a gutter system is the gauge of the aluminum and the quality of the hangers, not the sticker. We install both OEM-matched and quality aftermarket equivalents, and we’ll quote you the difference. In most cases, the aftermarket aluminum in the same gauge and profile will cost you 15 to 20 percent less and hold up just as well in Fort Lauderdale’s salt air and afternoon thunderstorms.

Signs Your Owens Corning Gutter Replacement Is Failing

• Sagging or pulling away from the fascia board. This usually means the hangers have loosened or the fascia itself is rotting behind the gutter. In Fort Lauderdale, humidity gets into the fascia fast once the gutter starts separating, and you end up needing both the gutter section and the fascia repair addressed together.
• Water spilling over the sides during heavy rain. This is often a slope problem, not just a clog. If the gutter has shifted off its pitch over time, water pools in the middle instead of running to the downspout. After years of sun and thermal expansion, even well-installed aluminum gutters lose their original slope.
• Visible rust at the seams or end caps. Aluminum gutters don’t rust, but the steel hardware does, and so do the cheaper aftermarket screws some installers use. Rust streaks on white Owens Corning gutters are a dead giveaway that the connection points have started corroding.
• Leaks at the seams or corner miters. Seamless gutters still have corners and downspout connections. In Fort Lauderdale’s afternoon downpours, a small seam leak becomes a waterfall down the side of your house, and it’s a sign the sealant has aged out. Florida’s UV breaks down gutter sealant faster than you’d think.
• Downspout separated from the gutter at the outlet. We see this constantly after wind events. The drop outlet connection is a weak point, and once it separates, water pours straight down next to your foundation instead of away from the house.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

In Fort Lauderdale, Owens Corning-compatible gutter replacement runs $9 to $14 per linear foot installed for standard 5-inch K-style aluminum, including new hangers, end caps, and sealant. Six-inch runs $11 to $16 per linear foot. A typical single-story home in neighborhoods like Imperial Point or Sailboat Bend needs 120 to 180 linear feet, so you’re looking at $1,100 to $2,500 on average for a full replacement. Half-round profiles run higher, usually $14 to $20 per linear foot, because the hangers and brackets are specialty items.

What drives the range: two-story homes cost more because of ladder and safety setup, color-matching beyond standard white or almond adds a small premium, and any fascia repair work we discover during the removal adds to the total. We’ll always put the full breakdown in writing before work starts, so there’s no surprise on the invoice. Every gutter replacement includes our written 365-day Done Right Promise. If something isn’t right within a year, we make it right. That includes a free second visit if a section fails.

DIY or Call Us?

Gutter replacement sits in a gray zone. A homeowner who’s comfortable on a ladder and working with light aluminum can absolutely swap a straight section of 5-inch K-style gutter on a single-story home. You’ll need a helper, a good hanger spacing plan, and the patience to get the slope right. Getting the slope wrong is the most common DIY mistake we fix, and the second most common is undervaluing how quickly a Florida afternoon storm exposes a slope problem.

The DIY calculus changes fast on two-story homes. Working off an extension ladder at 18 to 24 feet while holding a 10-foot length of aluminum in the wind is genuinely dangerous, and it’s the kind of job where one wrong move sends you or the gutter into the landscaping. We recommend against it. We also recommend calling us if any fascia board has rot, because that’s a structural repair that needs to be addressed before new gutters go up. If you’re not sure, call (754) 354-1224. We’ll tell you honestly if it’s a job you can handle, and if it’s not, we’ll bring the ladder and the know-how.

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