DMR's Premium Copper Gutter Work Photopage

Below are examples of the copper gutter work that I've personally sold and worked on over the last 20 years. Most with a thicker than standard 20oz copper, which is a very important detail, amongst many other details I do without being asked. Most of which are not found with other Gutter Contractors at any price. If you are looking to invest in copper, you want to make sure it is installed well to last a century. Otherwise why use a life-time metal like copper if it is not installed properly?

I also used to offer the standard thinner 16oz copper for gutters, but encouraged our Clients to go for the thicker 20oz copper, which is the same thickness as standard aluminum gutters, yet a bit stronger, since it is a stiffer metal. Where the thinner 16oz copper is not stronger than aluminum gutters. I finally stopped offering that cheaper option in 2010, since it made no sense and I was able to get a better price for the 20oz copper gutter coil buying it directly from the mill. Logically any Client asking for copper gutters are clearly looking for better than standard and is prepared to pay substantially more for this better option to aluminum. Let alone the thinner steel gutters, which is still used in most new construction to this day.

Logicly, there should not even be a 16oz copper option for gutters, yet that is the only material sold to gutter contractors here in the NW, so I have had to order this thicker 20oz copper directly from the mill back East in large quantities to get them to ship it to me, so I have become the exclusive Dealer of this thicker copper gutter. I am also the only Gutter Contractor using a solid 48oz copper hidden hanger for mounting them, along with a pair of #12 stainless steel screws in each hidden hanger place no further apart than 24" apart, which is half the span required by Building Code, so that is unarguably 8X stronger mounting than Building Code requires.

Alchemy symbol for copper
Copper is ruled by the planet Venus. It is one of the oldest metals and copper metallurgy has flourished in different cultures, including the Middle Eastern, Asian, European, Central & South American and Native American. Copper embodies the nurturing aspect of women and their youthfulness. It is associated with the matters of love & lust and symbolizes characteristics like charisma, feminine beauty, artistic creativity, affection, caring, and balance. It is also considered a healing metal that teaches about living a fulfilling life.

You can go to our 'Price Page' for our current cost per foot for our copper gutters, and our 'Quality Standards Page' to see the many advantages that set DMR Gutters apart from our competition.

(for our aluminum gutter info, go to Our Aluminum Gutters web pages)

Click on the photos below to see each photo larger for a better look. For more photos & detailed description of individual gutter jobs there is links to their other pages as well.

Our exclusive solid copper hidden hangers are stronger than you'd get from any other Gutter Contractor in the Portland, Oregon metro area, but that's only one of our numerous advantages

#73 The Acosta House - 20oz Copper Roof Flashing, 10 Dormer Covers, Turret Roof Cap, & Gutters w/20 Leader-heads (10/24) $100k
Oakdale, California

Cliff Acosta had contacted me in March of 2021 about a set of custom scuppers for their house they were breaking ground on.

After discussing options Cliff also wanted us to make them a set of roof flashing, 10 dormer covers, and turret roof cap made as part of their 20oz copper gutter job, so over time we casually worked out the details and cost.

After making those parts we made a trip to the jobsite in October of 2024 to install the copper gutters. The total cost was $100k in all.

To see all 141 photos I posted from this project
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#72 The Price House - 20oz Copper Gutters & Vented Ridge Cover (1-2+4/24) $11.7k
2805 S. E. Harrison, Portland, Oregon

After patiently waiting over a year for me to start their project, Thomas Price & Laurie Baird met with me again on 1/5/24 to go over the final details again while I was there getting the exact measurements.

We also discussed adding a copper ridge cover for their vented ridge for moss control. We also had to redo the front chimney flashing.

To see all 145 photos I posted from this project
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#71 The Lyneham House - 20oz Copper Gutters (10-11/23) $20.9k
1827 N. W. 32th, Portland, Oregon

Peter Lyneham contracted us to do their copper gutter replacement, and patiently waited 21-months for us to be able to start on their project. We have rarely had a job like this; to replace old copper gutters.

These were unique large boxy gutters without any support of the outer rim, so you could not even lean a ladder against them. The micromesh screens covering them were also a big problem. They were screwed down onto those copper gutters without having cleaned them out first. We found large wood shake roofing pieces, loads of mud, and even a decomposed animal under those screens.

Although, the worst part of all this was how they had formed those oversized downspouts. In forming the sharp elbow junctions, they had closed off over half of the downspout, leaving such a small gap that would become clogged.

It was swell to have these decorative rafter tails extend out past the gutter floor for added support, but that presented a huge mounting challenge. Since the house eves are no longer level, there was a lot of standing water inside many of those old copper gutters. It required us to carefully shim and trim most of these rafter tails to achieve the right grade. It was $20.9k for this work that took us a full month and a half to complete.

To see all 97 photos I posted from this project
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#70 The Killian House - 20oz Copper Gutters (9/23) $26.7k
2525 Blacktail Dr., Eugene, Oregon

Debbie Killian in Eugene was looking to have her crappy steel fascia gutters replaced and wanted copper gutters.

She also loved our exclusive option to eliminate the downspout elbows with these custom formed trays just under the eaves. She also wanted us to add a large 2X10 fascia board clad with copper to help change the look of the 16" tall fascia boards she has.

We also clad most of the rake boards to match, which required us to remove the edge shingles and reattach then over those added fasia boards.

To see all 119 photos I posted from this project
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#69 The Roth House - 20oz Copper Gutters (1-3/23) $20k
7033 S. E. 29th, Portland, Oregon

Carrie & Justin Roth were looking to have their house reroofed and wanted copper gutters. I reccomended they use these style of shingles, and also provided them with rust-free roof flashing.

This is the first wide inside corner I have made. The right image shows the bay window gutter before it was mounted.

They have this unique radius gutter to form around the turret, which most gutter contractors are not preparred to do.

To see all 121 photos I posted from this project
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#68 The Wood House - 20oz Copper Gutters & Awnings
(12/22 to 6/23) $30k
6100 S. W. Haines, Tigard, Oregon

Robert & Tiffanie Wood wanted copper gutters on the new house they were having built, but the contractor just gave them cheap steel gutters that were painted like untarnished copper, so they arranged to have me replace them before they moved in. They are the third set of gutters on this house, and they had yet to move in after 5 years have passed since construction began.

This is a couple pics of the side gutters being installed. It was very difficult to mount these gutters into the concrete boards they had used for fascia boards.

I made a custom funnel for this rainwater roof drain transition point, which is a foot above the gutter. I am to extend an awning over the back steps, that is 6' X 12' wide. We may also be making small window awnings to help protect the window frames.
To see all 74 photos I posted from this project
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#67 The Branham House - 20oz Copper Gutters & Awning (2/22) $13.8k
2214 S. E. Woodward, Portland, Oregon

Tara Branham wanted copper gutters on their rental house and she also arranged to have me rebuild her back awning, which was very poorly constructed.

This is a couple pics of the back gutters. The small upper gutter on the left had not drain, so all it could do is fill up and overflow. I decided it would be best to have the lower gutter wrap around the side to drain the upper gutter into. I did the same with the other side to match, and was able to elminate all the elbows and funnel they had on that side before.

I extended the awning over the back door, so I could remove the small metal awning they had. This awning is 12' X 24' wide. Note how there are no fasteners poking holes in the white translucent plastic cover and just 3 seams. It is held in place with industrial Velcro strips from underneath. The parts and installation of the awning with replacing some of the floor boards cost $8,739.06. Along with the copper gutters this cost her $13,821.06 for everything.
To see all 68 photos I posted from this project
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#66 The Moon House - 20oz Copper Gutter & Scuppers (10/21) $5k
El Paso Texas

This is the first time I had to ship long gutter runs through truck freight. Ted Moon had contacted me back in the Summer of 2021 about his back patio issues.

When it rains off the flat roof, that rain water dumps out of the clay scuppers and splatters onto their covered patio, which causes a big mess and looking for a good solution.

As you can see, some of them are right over those arches.

We came up with this plan to build him these Leader-heads to cover the clay scuppers and direct all that rain water down into a copper gutter, so it can divert that water off to the far left side.

The cost for this along with packaging and truck freight to El Paso Texas was $5k.

To see all 83 photos I posted from this project
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#65 The Bailey House - 20oz Copper Gutters (10/21) $9.2k
1435 N. E. Ainsworth, Portland, Oregon

Karen & Jodell Bailey wanted copper gutters on their house to go with their rust-free aluminum roof there in Northeast Portland, and they had contacted me on 3/10/21 for a quote, but they did not feel they could wait a year to have me install them, so they read over my DIY instructions, we discussed the options and ordered a set of copper gutter parts from me to install themselves.

They also paid my $200 minimum charge on 4/15/21 to come measure their house to make sure those parts would fit just right.

They paid $5,691.60 for the parts on 6/5/21 and I made the parts delivery on 6/19/21, but had some trouble getting more hidden hangers and the outside box-miters for this order. I wound up having to make my own copper hidden hangers for the first time.

By 8/31/21 they had not had a chance to get any of these gutters installed, so they contacted me again about getting those parts installed before the rainy Fall weather hits. Since my schedule of projects would not have allowed for this I needed to work several weekends and holidays to make that happen. I was finally able to finish it on 10/10/21. This cost them an additional $3,525, so that was a total of $9,216.60 installed.

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#64 The Moore House - 20oz Copper Gutters (9/21) $10k
3816 N. E. 23rd, Portland, Oregon

This house is owned by Christian Moore. They had contracted with me on 8/12/19, so they had to wait 2 years for me to replace their steel gutters with these copper gutters, so they won't have to worry about this ever again.

I decided to extend the front gutter to wrap around the corner this way, instead of trying to get the downspout to wrap around the corner like it did before. Also, this short gutter to the right needed my super-outlet, since it takes the water and debris from 2 valley above with lots of overhanging trees.

To see all 60 photos from this project
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#62 The Parker House - 20oz Copper Gutters (10/19) $16.3k
4474 Phelps Creek Rd., Hood River, Oregon

This house is owned by Ilysa & Stephen Parker, which had copper gutters, but were severly damage from snow loads sliding off their roof, so they contracted with me to replace with thicker copper gutter, so they won't have to worry about this ever again. They opted for these custom trays to replace the normal elbows for the downspouts. I had used the old leaf-catchers under them for larger outlets in those trays.

I was contacted by their Builder to help train a couple of his men to do better gutter work like this.

To see all 116 photos from this project
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#60 The Mughal House - 20oz Copper Gutters, a Cupola, & 2 Copper Chimney Caps
(7/18 to 8/19) $66.5k for both projects (more to come)
11065 N. W. Laidlaw, Portland, Oregon

This house is owned by Usman Mughal, which already had new steel fascia gutters put on by the Builder, which he was already fed up with on this new construction mansion. We were first contracted to make a cupola and 2 chimney caps for Mr. Mughal, but later asked for a bid for new copper gutters. He already had all the steel downspouts replaced with 3" round copper pipe and had scuppers added in the front, which I had to remount propperly.

This grand mansion with connected garage had around 10X more gutters than the average house, at 1,250 ln'. He told me those steel gutters were slapped up in a week by just 1 man, yet this took me over 10X as long to install the new copper gutters and remount all the downspouts better with my Leaf-catchers added.

To see all 131 photos from this project go to my business Facebook photo album

And to see all 152 photos from their cupola/chimney cap project go to my other business Facebook album

I also have another photo album to show 67 photos of roof issues I saw while up on their roof, which is educational for all homeowners with or w/o a tile roof: Facebook

#59 The Law/Donohoe House - 20oz Copper Gutters, & Small Dormer
(7/19) $19.5k
3012 S. W. Canterbury Lane, Portland, Oregon

This house is owned by Mark Law and Susan Donohoe, which is up in the West Hills with a nice view of the Willamette Valley. It seems Mark work for New Seasons. They were very patient to wait nearly 2 years for me to start on their gutter replacement, but it seems no other gutter contractor was willing to work on their house because of the difficulties of the back side 4 story reach and the many trees in the way.

I was asked for bid on December of 2015. They waited until late May of 2017 to go for the whole package and put down a deposit on this extensive project. It was not until early May of 2019 that I was finally able to start on their gutter replacement project, which took a full 2 months to complete. So, it was 3.7 years since the bid, and over 2 years since they paid the substantial 1/3 deposit to get this work done. I had to build some unusual structures to reach the back gutters. The total cost was $19.5k.

To see all 139 photos from this project go to my business Facebook photo album

$11,542.23 - 549.63 ln' 20oz copper gutters & DS
+ $800 - for a small custom dormer wedge
+ $1,280 - for 15 corners & 1 explansion joints
+ $960 - 4 roof miters & 8 mitered end-caps
+ $1,040 - for 17 larger outlets
+ $720 - for 8 leaf-catchers & 1 scupper + $78 - for minor ABS pipe & couplings
+ $500 - for 3 - 11' 4x4 cedar cat-walk supports
+ $1,800 - for hard installation & building custom planks
+ $948 - for 316 ln' of gutter cover screens
= $19,568.23 grand total

#58 The Shelton House - 20oz Copper Gutters, & Copper Chimney Cap
(5/19) $14.5k for both projects
2473 Crestmont Circle S., Salem, Oregon

We had built our first convex roof covered chimney cap for them a couple years prior to this gutter replacement work. It was for our client Dr. James Shelton in Salem, Oregon. The cost of this chimney cap delivered and installed was $6.5k. I was also asked to replacing their steel fascia gutters with copper for another $8k.

To see all 67 photos from this project go to my business Facebook photo album

And to see all 117 photos from their chimney cap project go to my other business Facebook photo album

#57 The Brodsky Garage/Office - 24oz Copper Scuppers & Awnings (10/18) $11.4k
1806 N. W. 32 Ave., Portland, Oregon

This garage/office addition is owned by Matt and Irene Brodsky. I had made them a set of temporary aluminum scuppers to get them by. Originally I was contracted by the Builder to design, build, and install a set of custom copper scuppers in the corners of this new construction out building for her office. I also built a cedar frame and covered them with this twin wall translucent plastic cover for theeir carport and right side awning.

Although, communicating with this contractor was very difficult, and they would not share what I asked with the Homeowners they were working for, so after over a year of this communication breakdown they finally released their hold and let the Homeowners deal with me directly to get this done the way they want. This kind of problems dealing with a General Contractor is a very common occurrence, so I HATE working as a sub for the Homeowner's GC, as it never seems to go well, but this was literally impossible.

To see all 100 photos from this project go to my business Facebook photo album

#56 The Bretthauer/Benson House - 20oz Copper Gutters, Rake edge Cap, & skylight
(6/17) $21.3k - $9.5k unpaid balance
17903 Upper Cherry Lane, Lake Oswego, Oregon

This house is owned by Melissa Benson, which is up on the hill in Lake Oswego with a nice view of the Willamette Valley. It seems she has made her fortune with the distribution of petrolium through Bretthauer. Although, this client should be avoided at all cost, as she (a) refused to pay my normal 1/3 deposit, (b) neglected to sign a contract, (c) had been extremely difficult to communicate and work with: being hard to reach and taking up to a month to respond, (d) had refused to pay a deposit for the change orders she requested I do, claiming she would only pay the balance once it was all completed, (e) after completion she has been combative, rude, horribly offensive, and has refused to pay me for my work; claiming she wants me to now replace over half the gutters in order to downgrade her gutter system by eliminating the 4 expansion joints and removing the slopes I normally impliment, so they drain properly. She only cares for the look and not how they function, even if it voids my extensive 15 year warranty.

She has made the most ridiculous claims I have heard in my 24 years as a licensed Contractor; complaining about some of my most important advantages, which she could not get from other Gutter Contractor at any price. Such as properly grading the gutters to drain and expansion joints. Then making up other excuses, which demostrates she would never be saticefied with any changes I made, so we are at an impass, and I cannot trust she will pay if I meet all her demands. Clearly this seems to be her plan from the beginning; to see how much she could string me along and squeeze out of me, and what she could not have to pay for. I was total unsuspecting of this, since no other client in the past has tried to pull something like this on me before. I can only imagine this is what she has been doing to all Contractors who fall into her trap. Apparently Contractors need a review system for clients as well, such as Air B&B have.

This was an unusually difficult situation as well to replace her rusty steel half round gutters with new 20oz copper K-5 style gutters and downspouts in the high heat of Summer. The fascia boards they needed to be mounted to are not vertical, so I had to build out the fascia to mount the new gutters onto. Along with other improvements needed, which she refuses to pay for. I had even done some $4,000 worth of extra work I am not charging her for to appease her, but she has shown to have no intention of paying the balance at all no matter what I do. Fortunately this is extremely rare to come across. Most of my Clients have appreciate the extra mile I go to on each project without being asked, and do not jerk me around.

$9,595.60 - 475.48 ln' 20oz copper gutters & DS
+ $2,510.63 - 331 ln' of cusom copper wedge
+ $560 - 4 corners, 3 explansion joints
+ $1,040 - 13 mitered end-caps
+ $1,040 - 13 larger outlets
+ $800 - 10 leaf-catchers
+ $80 - 10 ABS couplings
+ $4,349.50 - 82 ln' 1x8 cedar w/copper covers + $172 - 43 ln' of drip-edge flashing
+ $170.50 - hard installation
+ $190 - other copper flashing covers
+ $800 - deluxe tempered and laminated glass skylight
= $21,308.23 grand total
- $11,781.21 paid
= $9,527.02 unpaid balance

#55 The Dorman House - Gutters, Ridge Cap, & Wall Cap (5/17) $10.1k
2715 S. E. Monroe, Milwaukie, Oregon

This is a house hidden away in Milwaukie. This project took me about 2 weeks to complete. They were just going to have me install gutters, but decided last minute to have me also inatall a copper ridge and wall cap.

$3,930.40 - 196.52 ln' 20oz copper gutters & downspouts
$   220.95 - 44.19 ln' aluminum gutters & downspouts
$1,060.00 - 2 corners & 12 mitered end-caps
$   369.00 - 132 ln' leaf screens
$   290.00 - 29 ln' of cedar fascia boards w/alum covers
$   760.00 - 10 larger outlets $ 133.00 - hard install
$ 290.25 - 96.75 ln' of drip-edge flashing
$ 240.00 - moss removal
$ 535.50 - 29.75 ln' of ridge caps
$ 973.50 - 29.5 ln' of wall caps
$1,200.00 - chimney flashing

To see all 98 photos from this project go to:
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#54 The Schuh House - 20oz Copper Gutters & 20oz DS (7-11/16) $60.7k
3550 Overdale Dr., Gillette, Wy

This challenge was mainly getting to this house to work on it, since we had to drive 3,200 miles round trip. We spent 2 months working on those 3 chimney caps. Then I flew out there to get measurements for all the 46 piece gutter system totaling nearly 800 ln', so we could prep them here, which took another month to do. Then we spent 2 weeks in Wyoming doing the installation. I stayed another 3 days to finish wrapping the 12 columns in copper. This was the first time I have been able to work with thicker 20oz copper downspouts.

$22,642.20 - 1,132.11 ln' 20oz copper gutters & DS
$ 1,122.90 - hard install
$ 3,760.00 - 39 corners & 6 mitered end-caps
$ 1,040.00 - 6 custom ends, & 7 expansion joints
$ 1,640.00 - 22 larger outlets
$10,255.22 - 12 column wraps & other custom work
$17,238.03 - 3 chimney caps
$ 2,716.97 - transportation & lodging
$ 300.00 - aluminum flashing

To see all 191 photos from this extensive 4 part project go to:
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#53 The Tillier House - 20oz Copper Gutters & 16oz DS Replacement (6/16) $5.2k
2865 S. W. Fairview Blvd., Portland, Oregon

This was a house up in the West Hills area. They had to relocate to Newzealand for a few years, so they were not here while I was doing this partial replacement just on the back left side. This house has more downspouts than gutters with the tall sides.

$2,962.60 - 148.13 ln' gutters & downspouts
$   171.21 - removal and disposal
$   960.00 - 4 corners, 1 custom end, & 7 mitered end-caps
$   219.00 - 73 ln' leaf screens
$     34.32 - 8.58 ln' of primed fascia board work $400 - 5 larger outlets
$240 - 3 Leaf-catchers & 1 scupper
$250 - hard install
$ 50 - ABS plumbing work

#50 The Larsen House - Roof Flashing, Gutters, Ridge Vents, & 2 chimney caps (9/15) $32.3k
4744 S. E. Oxbow Parkway, Sandy, Oregon

These 2 custom copper chimney caps were specially designed and built for Atom & Jenny Larsen for their house in Sandy Oregon. We also were contracted to replace the gutters with copper and vented copper ridge caps as well.

$11,249.73 for 20oz copper gutters w/No-clog options on the house garage and shed w/mitered end-caps .

$3,625 for 166.25 ln' or 332.5 sq' of copper for the ridge cap cover on the house and garage installed

$2,327.50 for 166.25 ln' of cedar ridge vent w/stainless steel screen on the house and garage installed.

$962.50 for 19.25 sq' of copper needed for the large chimney counter-flashing. $4,586.67 for roof flashing kit w/copper roofing nails and SS screws delivered.

$6,200 for 2.25' X 8' large custom Tuscany style copper chimney cap install.ed.

$3,111.20 for custom copper chimney pot/cap w/fresh air intake installed

$280.92 to fix and replaced damaged downspouts by the Decking Contractors.

To see all 178 photos from this extensive 6 part project go to:
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#48 The Frerichs House - 20oz Copper Gutters & 16oz DS Replacement (2/15) $18.1k
4438 S. W. Hewett Blvd., Portland, Oregon

This was a challenging house to work on with the steep roof lines and high reach in the back. This project took us the whole month of February to complete.

$7,019 - 389.95 ln' copper gutters & downspouts
$   390 - removal and disposal
$1,680 - 11 corners & 10 mitered end-caps
$   960 - 10 custom ends, & 2 expansion joints
$   654 - 118.25 ln' leaf screens
$   960 - 12 larger outlets $   640 - 7 Leaf-catchers & 1 scupper
$   824 - hard install
$   145 - ABS plumbing work
$1,650 - 14/12 pitch chimney cricket & counter-flashing
$1,600 - 6 flashings, 1 roof repairs, & cleared drain pipe
$1,445 - back window sill & 18' wall cap

#47 The Danner House - 20oz Copper Gutters & 16oz DS Replacement, Fascia Boards w/Aluminum Covers (1/15) $7.2k
13835 N. W. Lakeview, Portland, Oregon

This was a simple house structure w/leaking hidden box gutters, so it was necessary for us to trim down the edge of the roof line, add an 8" wide strip of 3/4" plywood, and cover it with a 15" wide aluminum flashing to cover where the old steel gutter was. The fascia was attached at an angle, so we made wedge of wood to level out the new gutter. We then also covered the fascia with a custom formed aluminum of an almond color. This client opted for custom trays, instead of normal downspouts for added headroom on 2 outlets.

$3,169.98 - 176.11 ln' copper gutters & downspouts
$   357.00 - removal and disposal
$   595.00 - 118 ln' of fascia wedge + 118' of plywood
$   440.00 - 4 mitered end-caps, & 4 expansion joints
$   354.75 - 118.25 ln' leaf screens $595 - 118.25 ln' of aluminum flashing
$595 - 120 ln' of flashing & fascia metal
$320 - 4 larger outlets
$320 - 4 Leaf-catchers
$500 - 2 custom DS trays

To see all 16 photos from this project go to:
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#46 The Laing House - 20oz Copper Gutters & 16oz DS Replacement (4/14) $23.5k
(address withheld by request) S. W. Portland, Oregon

This was a very cute classic Victorian style house built in the 80's on the West Hills ridge. I wound up adding copper on a few areas that did not have gutters before for an improved rain management. This also has several roof trays to deliver the rain water from the upper gutters down to the lower gutters without touching the roofing shingles. Without those copper trays that river of water would prematurely wear those shingles. I also added some 4ga copper wire with brass hooks around the porch eaves for them to hang X-Mas lights on. It is really neat to see this sort of classic architecture make a comeback.

$ 536.81 - removal of the old steel gutters
$13,222.77 - 777.81 ln' gutters, downspouts, & roof trays
$ 4,261.00 - 37 corners, 23 mitered end-caps, & 4 X joints
$ 1,075.00 - hard install & touch-up painting
$ 1,062.50 - 425 ln' leaf screens $1,540 - 22 larger No-clog outlets
$ 630 - 9 Leaf-catchers
$682.50 - alum. drip-edge flashing
$534.37 - 142.5 ln' of 4ga. copper wire to hang X-Mas lights on below porch gutters

The final adjusted cost was $1,118.18 less than the bid

#45 The Cacciottoli House - 20oz Copper Gutters & 16oz DS Replacement, Fascia Boards w/Copper Covers, Ridge Cap, and simple Chimney Cap (4/14) $12.2k
10919 S. W. Aventine Ave., Portland, Oregon

This was a simple house structure hidden from the street, so it was hard to get a photo of the whole house. This client opted for custom trays, instead of normal downspouts for added headroom. We also covered the fascia, rake boards and made a ridge cap for moss control with 20oz copper. We also designed and built a copper/stainless steel chimney cap to replace the aluminum cap he had. He wanted something very simple and plain.

$3,116.97 - 180.41 ln' copper gutters & downspouts
$   755.00 - fascia boards and 4X4 cedar posts
$   360.00 - 4 mitered end-caps, & 2 expansion joints
$1,951.25 - 55.75 ln' 24" ridge cap w/2X2 cedar support
$   263.00 - 105.5 ln' leaf screens $3,172 - 291 ln' of flashing & fascia metal
$1,050 - 5 larger outlets, scupper, & 2 trays
$   350 - 5 Leaf-catchers
$1,000 - chimney cap
$   200 - other work

#44 The Franklin House - 20oz Copper Gutters & 16oz DS Replacement (2/14) $9.2k
9929 N. Willamette Blvd., Portland, Oregon

This was an old 1919 house in the St. Johns area of Portland. This client was living up in Alaska, so we had to converse through e-mail much of the time to work out these details aqnd show them our progress photos. We trimmed off the rotted rafter tail ends and added fascia boards. We also covered some of the exposed wood with custom formed aluminum caps to help preserve them.

$4,342.14 - 738.95 ln' copper gutters, downspouts,& roof trays
$1,772.70 - trimming rafter tails, supports and fascia boards
$ 980.00 - 12 mitered end-caps, & 2 expansion joints
$ 490.00 - 173.9 ln' leaf screens $ 490 - 7 larger No-clog outlets
$ 350 - 5 Leaf-catchers
$ 394 - alum. post cap flashing
$ 411.90 - ABS pipes

#43 The Taylor House - 20oz Copper Gutters & 16oz DS Replacement (2/14) $20.8k
5757 N. W. Skyling Blvd., Portland, Oregon

This was a house on the ridge with a nice view of NW Portland. This was one of the only copper gutter clients who opted out of the larger No-clog outlets on all but 3 out of 14. We replace the gutters on their guest house as well, and may be adding copper ridge caps and chimney caps when they are ready.

$     738.95 - removal of the old steel gutters
$12,562.15 - 738.95 ln' copper gutters & downspouts
$ 1,500.00 - 12 corners, 4 mitered end-caps, & 7 expansion joints
$ 1,415.00 - 566 ln' leaf screens $   210 - 3 larger No-clog outlets
$   770 - 11 Leaf-catchers
$3,339 - copper drip-edge flashing
$   340 - ABS pipes & other work

The final adjusted cost was $618.90 less than the original bid

#42 The Drummond House - 20oz Copper Gutters & DS Replacement (11/13) $6.8k
3637 N. E. Shaver, Portland, Oregon

This was a cute little house with an unusual arch in front. The rain management next to the front door was especially tricky with about half the front roof draining at the base of this valley. The back gutters had just the one downspout, and I was able to eliminate the elbows on the short lower gutter by wrapping around the back door roof cover.

She had a Contractor called Lifetime Exteriors replace her siding, but the roof flashing on the dormers was not done right, so I called for her to compel them to replace it right with some copper flashing I provided.

$ 186.14 - removal of the old gutters
$3,164.38 - 186.14 ln' copper gutters & downspouts
$1,440.00 - 3 corners, 9 Mitered End-caps, & 12 joints to seal
$ 285.00 - 114 ln' leaf screens $630.00 - 9 larger No-clog outlets
$280.00 - 4 Leaf-catchers
$612.68 - custom flashing
$180.00 - 24' ABS pipes

#40 The Church House - Roof Flashing, 20oz Copper Gutter, DS, Fascia Metal, & Fire Pit Cover (6/13 + 8/13 + 5/15) $37.5k
7100 Dear Trail Rd., Canton, Ohio

This was an unusual project, where we were paid an extra $4k to drive cross Country on a long 5k mile round trip to Canton, Ohio for a Client named Mark & Cathy Church for their copper gutter job. It was quite the adventure, given I had never traveled East of the Rockies before this. Can you imagine what we must have looked like to the other drivers along the freeway? We were able to stop in to visit our Sisters in Utah and Colorado along the way. We also got to see Mount Rushmore on the way back, but the Pioneer Auto Show was more interesting.

A few months earlier Mark had contracted us provided copper and aluminum flashing parts for his reroofing project, so we had shipped those prior to this trip. He was diligent to get us careful measurements and photos for us to spend a month before the trip getting the gutter parts prepared ready to install, as you see here above.

We brought fascia and rake edge covers with us to install before the gutter went on, but the local Contractor had reported to us they were to cover 1X6 boards, yet in fact they were 2X6, so we had to wait for them to replace all the fascia boards, so these covers would fit and not wasted material. The rake edge were too difficult to remove, so they are going to have to replace those covers we made and install later on, so we did not get shots of this all finished up nice.

I also made them a weathervane roof mount you see in front of the chimney with this Golfer style weathervane. Just click on this photo to see a larger full screen copy.

$6,825.25 - aluminum & copper roof flashing
$5,298.43 - long distance delivery fee and crates
$9,410.54 - 579.74 ln' of copper gutters & downspouts
$3,330.00 - 15 corners, 21 mitered end-caps, & 17 other
$5,640.00 - 530 ln' of 20oz custom copper fascia covers
$   772.33 - 316.43 ln' leaf screens $1,060 - 16 larger No-clog outlets
$   700 - 10 Leaf-catchers
$   485 - hard install
$   825 - Weathervane & mount
$ 3,168 - 72" wide low profile bell shaped
          fire pit cover made with 24oz copper

#38 The Mercier House - Partial 20oz Copper Gutters, Roof Panels, & Venter Ridge Caps
(8/12 + 10/13) $25k
5757 S. E. Gaitgill Ct, Gladstone, Oregon

I have designed a flat roofing process that is better than any other metal roof concept I have seen to allow for expansion and contraction as the temperature chages, as well as much easier to replace a specific panel if it were to get damaged. Although, it is not geared to be installed by the average dim-witted Roofer. Most any successful roofing product has to be simple enough to be installed by the stupidest Roofers out there. You can contact me for more details about this concept for flat roofing pictured here.

Follow this link to see all 22 photos from this project on my Business Facebook photo album:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1014588371896666.1073741833.130251686997010&type=1&l=d07bc28cba

#37 The Bingham House - 20oz Copper Gutters & DS Replacement (8/12) $16.5k
11775 S. W. Lynnfield, Beaverton, Oregon (now sold & demolished for subdivision)

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.

I heard they had gotten bids for around $27k from other Contractors to repair their sunroom, but for about $2k I was able to add more insulation, dampen the intensity of the sunlight, add impact resistance, and the condensation between the glass is less noticeable. They may still decide to have this room rebuilt some day, but this reasonable cost solution can buy them several years to decide what they want to do with it.

$   600.77 - removal of the old gutters
$   423.16 - 105.79 ln' aluminum gutter
$6,517.44 - 362.08 ln' of 20oz copper gutters
$1,993.50 - 132.9 ln' 16oz copper downspouts and elbows
$1,890.00 - 336 sq' of 16mm triple wall tinted polycarbonate
$1,335.00 - 10 corners, and 13 mitered end-caps $   458.00 - hard install charge
$1,291.88 - 481.75 ln' leaf screens
$1,225.00 - 24 larger No-clog outlets
$   555.00 - 9 Leaf-catchers
$1,157.13 - 325.75 ln' of special flashing
$   140.00 - removed and sealed 2 DS

The final adjusted cost for the gutters & DS were $1,086.24 less than the original bid

#36 The Aumann House - 20oz Copper Gutters & DS & Flue Cap (8/11 + 8/14) $10.5k
2850 N. W. Verde Vista Terrace, Portland, Oregon

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

$   238.17 - removal of the old gutters
$     94.00 - 23.5 ln' aluminum gutter
$2,972.70 - 165.15 ln' of 20oz copper gutters
$1,095.00 - 73 ln' 16oz copper downspouts and elbows
$   900.00 - 3 custom scuppers
$   880.00 - 15 corners, and mitered end-caps $   450.00 - hard install charge
$   209.38 - 83.75 ln' steel screens
$   570.00 - 9 larger No-clog outlets
$   130.00 - 2 Leaf-catchers
$1,772.75 - special flashing
$   125.00 - sealed up some holes
$1,019.00 - flue cap w/fresh air intake

The final adjusted cost for the gutters & DS were $1,666.38 less than the original bid

#35 The East Moorland House - 20oz Copper Gutters & DS Replacement (7/11) $8.8k
3012 S. E. Bybee, Portland, Oregon

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.

$   384.48 - removal of the old gutters
$   500.92 - 125.23 ln' rear aluminum gutters
$1,840.65 - 122.71 ln' of 20oz copper gutters
$1,638.48 - 136.54 ln' 16oz copper downspouts
$   990.00 - 17 corners, and mitered end-caps $ 855.00 - hard install charge
$ 278.75 - 111.5 ln' steel screens
$ 585.00 - 9 larger No-clog outlets
$ 475.00 - 8 Leaf-catchers
$ 225.35 - special flashing

The final adjusted cost for the gutters & DS were $1,137.75 less than the original bid, but part of that was the less expensive aluminum gutters on 1st story addition in back.

#34 The Hart House - 20oz Copper Gutters Replacement, & Flashing Work on Greenhouse
(12/10 to 1/11 & 6/11) $24.7k
0660 S. W. Palantine Hill Rd., Portland, Oregon

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.

$   862.61 - removal of the old steel gutters
$8,138.55 - 542.57 ln' of 20oz copper gutters
$3,840.48 - 320.04 ln' 16oz copper downspouts
$2,800.00 - 18 corners, 29 mitered end-caps, 2 expansion joints $   800.00 - hard install charge
$1,326.25 - 530.5 ln' steel screens
$2,080.00 - 32 larger No-clog outlets
$   845.00 - 13 Leaf-catchers
$     59.00 - some ABS plastic pipe work

The final adjusted cost for the gutters & DS were $1,186.68 less than the original bid

I noticed problems with how the glass panes were secured and sealed over their green house that's built off the end of their house. The steel flashing was rusty, missing, and disloacted in numerous spots. The wood under that flashing was quite rotted as well, so I suggested resealing them and covering the support braces with new boards and covering them with copper caps to help minimize the mildew growth as well, so they had us do that as soon as we could fit it into our schedule that Summer We also replaced severa broken glass panes.

The final adjusted cost for this greenhouse work was $3,745.36

#33 The Henderson Home- 20oz Copper Gutters & DS Replacement w/Scuppers (5/10) $8.1k
2815 S. W. Raleigh View Dr., Portland, Oregon

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.

$   325.06 - removal of the old steel gutters
$2,637.15 - 175.81 ln' of 20oz copper gutters
$1,791.00 - 149.25 ln' 16oz copper downspout & elbows
$   750.00 - 4 corners, 10 mitered end-caps, 1 expansion joint
$   722.63 - hard install charge $ 430.00 - 172 ln' steel screens
$ 390.00 - 6 larger No-clog outlets
$ 325.00 - 5 Leaf-catchers
$ 710.00 - 2 custom corner Scuppers w/liner

The final adjusted cost for the gutters was $715.67 less than the original bid

#32 The Dagle House - 16oz Copper Gutters & DS Replacement (1/10) $6.4k
1915 N. E. Couch, Portland, Oregon

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.

$   227.21 - removal of the old gutters
$3,695.69 - 289.04 ln' gutters & DS
$   360.00 - 4 corners, & 2 expansion joint
$   540.00 - 9 mitered end-caps
$   400.00 - hard install charge
$   384.28 - 153.71 ln' steel screens $   520.00 - 8 larger No-clog outlets
$   325.00 - 5 Leaf-catchers
$     60.00 - 12' copper drip-edge flashing
$     57.50 - 10' of 3" ABS storm-drain pipes w/3 elbows
$   200.00 - jacked up the rear balcony roof supports and added spacer blocks to level roof line

The final adjusted cost for the gutters was $62.52 less than the original bid

#30 The McDonald House - 20oz Copper Gutters & DS (11/09) $3k
1915 N. E. Couch, Damascus, Oregon

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.

$1,552.50 - 103.5 ln' 20oz copper gutters
$   720.24 - 60.02 ln' 16oz downspout & elbows
$   250.00 - 5 corners and 1 expansion joint $ 100.00 - hard install charge
$   65.00 - 1 Leaf-catchers
$ 350.00 - #4 style custom Scupper w/liner

#29 The Graham Home - 20oz Copper Gutters & DS Replacement w/Chimney Cap (7-9/09)
5565 S. W. Menefee Dr., Portland, Oregon

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.

You can see more photos and read more about this project:
http://copper-by-design.com/cc/cp/Graham.htm

#28 The Erceg House - 20oz Copper Gutters & DS Replacement (7/09) $4k
4240 S. W. Melville, Portland, Oregon

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.

$2,302.38 - 209.11 ln' 20oz copper gutters & 16oz DS
$   450.00 - 9 corners, mitered end-caps, 1 expansion joint
$   105.00 - hard install charge
$   390.00 - 6 larger No-clog outlets $ 195.00 - 3 Leaf-catchers
$ 120.00 - 1 - 6' fish style rain-cups strand
$ 340.00 - 136 ln' black painted steel screens
$ 80.00 - 20oz custom copper flashing

The final adjusted cost for the gutters was $679.62 less than the original bid

#26 The Viges House - 20oz Copper Gutters & Ridge Cap Installation (4/09 + 3/15) $14.4k
2505 N. E. Jarrett, Portland, Oregon

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.

This would have been a fairly simple gutter replacement, but in the course of this project he changed his mind and went for these copper gutters instead and added several other projects listed below, which added over $5k to this job, so it took me over twice as long to complete.

Then in early 2015 he had his house reroofed, so he had me carefully remove the copper ridge caps, store them at my shop, make a hidden ridge vent system for them, and remount them once the roofing work was done.

$14,399.42 final cost for this 17 part restoration

$   230.00 - 46 cuts to mount new fascia board
$ 708.75 - 101.25 ln' of 2x4 primed and painted fascia boards
$   450.00 - jacked up front porch and fixed 2 sagging knee braces
$2,754.55 - 201.13 ln' of 20oz copper gutters & 16oz DS w/removal
$   550.00 - 2 corners, 8 mitered end-caps, and 1 expansion joint to seal
$   455.00 - 7 larger No-clog outlets
$   390.00 - 6 Leaf-catchers
$   320.00 - 2 - 6' set of copper Tulip style rain-cups
$   289.28 - 115.71 ln' of black painted steel screens
$   291.00 - 40' of 3" ABS storm-drain pipes w/6 elbows and cleared out 1 storm-drain
$   800.00 - 2x4 and 2x12 back fence support work w/4 brass shelf brackets and copper wire cross bracing
$   275.00 - Cleaned off the moss on the North roof
$2,011.88 - 134.1 sq' of 18" wide 20oz copper ridge cap w/2x3 boards inside for added support
$1,500.00 - to replace step-flashing and counter-flashing on both chimneys
$1,435.96 - to supply 20oz copper roof flashing parts
$   625.00 - to supply improved copper cricket for outer chimney
$1,533.00 - to removed and replace copper ridge cap w/hidden ridge vent

The final adjusted cost for the gutters was actually $826.45 less than the original bid

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

#25 The Wolfgang House - 20oz Copper Gutter installation (2/09) $8.9k
7200 S. W. Sylvan Ct., Portland, Oregon

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.

This was a fairly simple gutter installation that only took 2 days, after spending a couple days in my shop processing these gutters and Leaf-catchers. I made a suggestion to connect the 2 front gutters with this short gutter you see above the small step ladder. That will act as an overflow in case the outlet on the other end were to clog. They plan to have me add copper ridge caps for moss control.

$3,001.47 - 175.48 ln' of 20oz copper gutters 16oz downspouts w/o removal
$ 500.00 - 4 corners and 7 mitered end-caps
$ 377.50 - 151 ln' of steel hinged leaf screen
$ 390.00 - 6 larger No-clog outlets
$ 390.00 - 6 Leaf-catchers
$ 45.00 - some 3" ABS storm drain work to connect the downspouts
$3,627.25 - 218.75 sq' 20oz copper flashing and ridge cap parts
$ 470.43 - 209.08 sq' aluminum flashing

Even with the added work final cost was still $177.28 less than the original bid

From: "Kenneth Wolfgang" <kencodes@msn.c*m>
Subject: Copper Gutter Work
Date: Tues, 23 Feb 2010

Dave is in demand but is worth any wait you might encounter! He installed - by himself - long runs of seamless copper gutters at our home and they look and work just great. They will likely be around and working long after my other water pipes quit and I'm gone! Dave is reliable, works hard and doesn't take time from your job to bid others. We are very pleased and recommend him without reservation.

Ken and Jana Wolfgang

Later in late 2017 they had me install another set of copper gutters on their garage addition.

From: "Jana Wolfgang" <jana@nwdrugsafe.c*m>
Subject: Copper Gutter Work
Date: Tues, 9 Jan 2017

Thank you for squeezing our project onto your schedule. The gutters are gorgeous (as usual) and to me, it made a big difference in tying the two parts of the Wolfgang spread together. I appreciate you. Hope you are both well.

Respectfully yours,
Jana Jana W. Wolfgang,
CSAPA Northwest Drug-Safe
A division of Wolfgang Associates, Inc.
Office 5*3-297-4113

#24 The Wright House - Roof Cleaning, 20oz Copper Ridge Cap and Gutter Replacement (12/08)
$6.8k 1575 N. W. 12th Court, Gresham, Oregon

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.

This was a fairly simple gutter installation that only took 1 short day, after spending a couple days in my shop processing these gutters and Leaf-catchers.

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$1,000.00 - moss removal and treated the roof
$2,030.00 - 20oz copper ridge caps
$2,655.04 - 175.48 ln' of 20oz copper gutters 16oz downspouts w/removal
$   300.00 - 6 mitered end-caps
$   305.25 - 122.1 ln' of steel hinged leaf screen
$   260.00 - 4 larger No-clog outlets
$   260.00 - 4 Leaf-catchers
$       5.00 - enlarged hole in the back deck for the new downspout

The final adjusted cost was $106.96 less than the original bid

To see all 14 photos and read more about this project go here:
http://dmr-gutters.com/cg/Wright.htm

#23 The Tice House - 20oz Copper Gutter Installation (11/08) $6k
3236 S. E. Johnson Creek, Milwaulkie, Oregon

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 & 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

#22 Tara North Home - 20oz Copper Gutter & 7 Classic Scuppers (9-11/08) $19.8k
South East Portland, Oregon (address by request only)

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.

$7,858.20 - 523.88 ln' of 20oz copper gutters w/o removal
$1,053.00 - hard installation for the upper gutters
$2,419.80 - 201.65 ln' of 16oz copper downspouts and elbows
$3,150.00 - 63 corners, custom ends, and mitered end-caps to seal
$1,270.00 - 13 Super-outlets and 5 larger No-clog outlets
$ 520.00 - 8 Leaf-catchers
$3,400.00 - 5 classic copper Scuppers on the house + 2 shorter scuppers on the garage
$ 108.00 - 54 ln' of steel screen to cover venting above the gutters on the dormers

To see all 40 photos and read more about this amazing project:
http://dmr-gutters.com/cg/TaraNorth.htm

#21 The Lenio House - 20oz Copper Gutter Job + + (9/08) $6.4k
6124 S. E. 20th, Portland, Oregon

This house is owned by a very nice couple: Michael and Meri Lenio in the Sellwood area. Their house had recently installed aluminum gutters that were pulling loose already. They had me replace the fascia boards mounted with 3.5" screws and covered up the water damaged soffit, so I had something solid to mount the new copper gutters to.

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

#20 The Blanchard House - 16oz Copper Gutter Job + (7-8/08) $9.7k
9625 N. W. Skyline Blvd., Portland, Oregon

This house is owned by Debra Blanchard. This is a very unusual house with a very rustic charm tucked up off the road where you cannot see it from the street with forested land and privacy.

This house had built-in gutters installed, but dud not work well. She needed me to trim down the angled fascia boards and outer face of the steel gutters to cover them with a 9" wide super drip edge flashing and mount copper gutters on the outside.

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

#19 The Holbrook House - 20oz Copper Gutter Job + (6-7/08) $9.4k
5406 S. E. 39th, Portland, Oregon

This house is owned by Ned & Sarah Holbrook. This is a very unusual house with a very rustic charm tucked up where you cannot see from the street. I was amazed to find a house in this area of Town that had so much land and privacy. This house never had gutters installed and they needed me to trim back these extended rafter tails to mount sturdy copper gutters to.

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

#18 The Wright House - 20oz Copper Gutter Job (4/08) $6.5k
5135 S. W. Nebraska, Portland, Oregon

This house is owned by James & Mary Wright. This is an interesting house that has one of the neatest enclosed porches I have seen. They wanted me to replace their old steel fascia gutters with nice sturdy copper gutters that work.

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

#17 The Burles House - 20oz Copper Gutter Job (4/08) $6k
1565 S. E. Miller, Portland, Oregon

This house is owned by Jim & Sherry Burles. This is an cute old house they restored. They wanted to replace the plastic gutters (shown in this first photo) with nice sturdy copper gutters that work.

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

#16 The Skinner House - 20oz Copper Gutter Job (1/08) $4.7k
1536 S. E. Division, Portland, Oregon

This house is owned by Eric Skinner and his partner. This is an interesting old brick house with a clay tile roof. They wanted to replace the old half round rusty steel gutters with nice sturdy copper gutters that work. The client did the gutter removal so he could replace some of the fascia boards that were ruined by the old half round gutters.

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

#15 The Gerber Project - 20oz Copper Gutter Job & Entry Roof Cover (11/07) $1.9k
265 N. W. Royal Blvd., Portland, Oregon

This was for a general contractor working on this home doing a lot of remodel work and he had built this entry roof. He had gotten a bid from Monavilla Sheetmetal of $5k for just this roof cover in a thinner 16oz copper sheet metal. I was able to provide all this and the gutters in a thicker 20oz copper for less than half the cost, along with assistance installing it as well. It only has this one seam under the upper gutter that has a 6" overlap.

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

#14 The Stevenson Home - 20oz Copper Gutter Job (4 & 10-11/07) $7.5k
2397 S. W. Montgomery, Portland, Oregon

This house is owned by Jean Stevenson. This is a grand old house up in the West Hills area.

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

#13 The Lesh Home - 20oz Copper Gutter Job (4/07) $10.6k
3565 N.E. 25th, Portland, Oregon

This house is owned by an Attorney David Lesh (http://www.davidlesh.net/). Around 10 years earlier I had replaced the gutters on his house on the corner of 17th and Fremont in white pre-painted aluminum to match the house trim paint. I had featured the special work of his house on our web site since it's beginning.

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

#12 The Buck House - 20oz Copper Gutter Job (9/06) $3.9k
28009 S. E. Sweetbriar Rd., Troutdale, Oregon

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

#11 The Wight Home - 20oz Copper Gutter Job (8/06) $8.2k
5236 N. E. Cleveland, Portland, Oregon

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

#10 The Bennett House - 20oz Copper Gutters & Roof Flashing (7/06 - 5/07) $7.5k
3100 S. E. Alder, Portland, Oregon

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

#9 The Raymos House - 20oz Copper & Aluminum Gutter Job (1/06) $2.1k
2346 N. E. 46th, Portland, Oregon

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

#8 The Masood Mansion - 20oz Copper Gutter Job (11/05) $2.6k
just off Peets Mountain Rd., West Linn, Oregon

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

#6 The Scott & Cynthia Kistler Home - 16oz Copper Gutter Job (12/04) $8.1k
2325 A St., Forest Grove, Oregon

Here is a copper gutter job I did for a nice couple in Forest Grove. They have been working hard to personally remodel the inside, but got help to do the outside work. This is listed on the Historical Registry, so they needed to make sure the remodeling would be done right.

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

#5 The Barry Hill Home - 20oz Copper Gutter Job (10/04) $5.6k
17315 S. Bradley, Oregon City, Oregon

Here is a copper gutter job I did for the Hill family. The original bid for aluminum gutters was $1,100 and the no-clog options came to another $943, so the total was a little over $2k. They put $1k down as a deposit that same night we did the bid, but was not sure if they wanted to go with the copper gutters instead.

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

#2 The Dale Yocum House - 16oz Copper Gutter Job (8/02 & 3/05) $14.2k
4343 S. W. Fairview Blvd., Portland, Oregon (sold, moved, & I had me do new place)

This a large 16oz copper gutter job I did back for a client that lives just above the Metro Zoo. I did $14,211 worth of work in copper, wood, aluminum, plastic, and brick for them.

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)

#1 The Bradshaw House - Larger K-6 Copper Gutter Job (8/00 & 5/04) $14.9k
9852 N. W. Kaiser Rd., Portland, Oregon

Here is a huge copper gutter job I did with over 850' of larger K-6" gutters for a client just North of Beaverton. It cost them about $13k for us to rent a K-6" gutter machine and run the 3" wider metal through it to make those larger copper gutters.

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.