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Tamko Gutter Replacement: The Fort Lauderdale Owner’s Guide

Tamko gutter replacement in Fort Lauderdale typically runs $14 to $22 per linear foot installed for standard 5-inch aluminum or steel profiles, with most single-story homes landing between $850 and $2,400 total including removal and disposal of the old runs. We stock Tamko-compatible gutter components on our trucks and can usually complete a full replacement on a single-story home in one day. Most homeowners discover the problem the same way: a sagging run pulling away from the fascia, water pouring over the edge during a hard afternoon downpour, or rust streaks staining the soffit where a seam finally let go. In Fort Lauderdale’s salt air and daily summer thunderstorms, a gutter that looks tired is usually closer to done than you’d think.

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Which Tamko Models This Applies To

Tamko’s gutter line isn’t as widely known as their Heritage or Elite shingle series, but they manufacture and distribute a solid range of aluminum and steel K-style gutters, along with matching downspouts and end caps. The compatibility question matters because Tamko gutters from different distribution years used slightly different gauge thicknesses. Older runs, especially pre-2015 stock sold through Florida supply houses, were often 0.027-gauge aluminum. Newer Tamko gutter material leans toward 0.032-gauge, which holds its shape better through Broward County’s thermal swings and storm-driven expansion cycles.

You can identify what you have by checking the inside of the gutter near a downspout drop or an end cap, where the manufacturer’s stamp is usually still visible if the run hasn’t corroded through. The stamped gauge number is what we match against, not the profile shape alone. If the stamp is gone, we measure wall thickness with a caliper on site. For aftermarket equivalents, we typically install either Tamko OEM stock when a homeowner requests it or a 0.032-gauge 5-inch K-style aluminum that exceeds the spec of older Tamko runs. The aftermarket option often makes more financial sense in Fort Lauderdale, where salt corrosion means a thicker wall buys you three to five extra years for maybe $2 more per foot. The one gotcha we see: if your home has Tamko’s 6-inch commercial profile, off-the-shelf 5-inch aftermarket won’t match, and we special-order the wider run rather than adapt. We’re an independent Fort Lauderdale roofing company, not a Tamko dealer, so we’re free to tell you honestly whether OEM or aftermarket serves you better.

Signs Your Tamko Gutter Replacement Is Failing

• Water spilling over the front edge during rain. This usually means the gutter is pitched wrong, the hangers have pulled loose from the fascia board, or the run is undersized for your roof’s water load. After a decade of Fort Lauderdale storms, all three happen at once more often than not.
• Visible rust or pinhole leaks along the bottom. Salt in the air accelerates corrosion on galvanized steel and even aluminum. Pinholes start as tiny orange specks, then become drip lines you can see from the ground on a sunny morning after rain.
• Seams separating at the joints. Older Tamko gutters were sectional, and the seam sealant dries out and cracks in Florida heat. Once a seam opens, water finds the fascia board, and the wood starts rotting behind the gutter where you can’t see it.
• Gutter pulling away from the roofline. This is a fastener failure. The spikes or screws have backed out of the fascia, often because the fascia itself is soft from years of moisture exposure. A sagging gutter is a structural warning, not a cosmetic one.
• Water stains on the soffit or exterior wall below the roofline. That means water is getting behind the gutter entirely, running down the back side and into places it was never meant to reach. By the time you see stains, the wood is typically already wet.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

In Fort Lauderdale, expect to pay $14 to $22 per linear foot installed for 5-inch Tamko-compatible aluminum gutter, which covers the gutter run, hangers, end caps, downspout drops, and labor. A typical 1,800-square-foot single-story home with roughly 160 linear feet of gutter runs between $2,200 and $3,500. The two biggest factors are your home’s linear footage and whether the fascia board underneath needs repair, which we quote separately and only after we inspect it in person. We write every price down before any work starts, and that price doesn’t change unless the scope changes and you approve it first. Every Tamko gutter replacement we install carries our 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing: if something’s not right within a year, we come back and make it right at no charge. That’s the whole point of the guarantee, not a footnote.

DIY or Call Us?

Gutter replacement is less dangerous than roof work, but Fort Lauderdale’s combination of high fascia lines and wet, slick driveways after rain makes ladder work on a two-story home genuinely risky. You can safely check your existing Tamko runs yourself: look for the rust specks, the sagging sections, and the seams that have opened up. What you shouldn’t do is try to remove a run on a second-story eave or work off an extension ladder without a spotter, especially on a sloped driveway in Victoria Park or Rio Vista where the ground never sits level. The real problem we see with DIY gutter replacement in Fort Lauderdale is pitch errors. A gutter that’s off by a quarter inch over ten feet looks fine from the ground but pools water, breeds mosquitoes, and rusts through in three years. We’d rather fix it right the first time, and we’ll give you a written price before you decide anything. Call (754) 354-1224 for a free estimate.

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