Gutters do one job, but it's a critical one: moving roof runoff away from your siding, foundation, and landscaping before it causes rot, basement seepage, or ice dams along the eaves. In Madison, that job gets harder every winter. Freeze-thaw cycles, heavy spring rain, and falling maple and oak leaves put real stress on seamless aluminum, steel, and copper systems alike. This category covers 7 local contractors who install new gutter runs, repair sagging or leaking sections, replace worn downspouts, and add leaf guards.
A gutter job usually falls into one of three buckets: full replacement (often paired with a roof tear-off or siding project), spot repair (resealing joints, resetting hangers, fixing a pitch problem), or seasonal maintenance (cleaning, guard installation, downspout extensions). Before hiring, check whether a contractor fabricates seamless aluminum on-site with a portable machine, since fewer seams mean fewer leak points over time. Ask about hanger spacing (closer spacing holds up better under Wisconsin snow load), gauge thickness, and whether they carry liability insurance and offer a written workmanship warranty separate from the material manufacturer's warranty.
To help you sort through the options, we score each contractor on factors like responsiveness, verified licensing and insurance, review consistency over time, and how they handle warranty or callback issues. You can see the full breakdown and current rankings in our best roofing contractors in Madison guide, and read exactly how we calculate the scores on our methodology page.
