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Tamko Gutter Replacement: The Fort Lauderdale Owner’s Guide

If your Tamko gutters are pulling away from the fascia, leaking at the seams, or rusted through in sections, we stock Tamko-compatible gutter replacement parts and install them throughout Fort Lauderdale. Most homeowners pay between $14 and $28 per linear foot installed, depending on the gutter profile and how much fascia repair is needed. The usual discovery moment is a Florida afternoon downpour: water overshooting the gutter, cascading down the side of the house, and pooling at the foundation because a section finally gave out.

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What surprises most people is that the gutter itself rarely fails first. In Fort Lauderdale’s salt air and heavy rainfall, the hangers and end caps corrode long before the aluminum channel does. Tamko’s gutter line is built to a specific profile spec, and when you swap in a mismatched aftermarket section, the seams never seat right. That’s the kind of thing we fix properly the first time.

Which Tamko Models This Applies To

Tamko’s gutter products fall into a few distinct categories, and the replacement path depends on which one you have. The most common in Fort Lauderdale is the standard 5-inch K-style aluminum gutter, which Tamko supplies in .027-gauge and .032-gauge thicknesses. The .032 is the one you want in Broward County: it holds up far better against falling palm fronds and wind-driven debris than the thinner spec, which dents and sags within a few seasons.

If you have Tamko’s 6-inch half-round profile, replacement sections are less common on local supply-house shelves, but we keep both profiles available through our distributor network. To identify your exact match, look at the end cap: Tamko stamps a series code on the inside face of most end caps, and the gauge is visible on the raw cut edge. Here’s the compatibility gotcha most people miss: Tamko’s K-style profile has a slightly deeper top return than generic big-box gutter, so a universal hanger from another brand will gap by about an eighth of an inch. That gap is where corrosion starts in coastal air. We use Tamko-spec hangers on Tamko gutter, period.

For the OEM-vs-aftermarket decision: a quality aftermarket aluminum section in the same gauge and profile will perform fine for most runs, but the mounting hardware is where we insist on exact-spec parts. Cheap universal hangers are the number one cause of repeat gutter failure we see across Fort Lauderdale.

Signs Your Tamko Gutter Replacement Is Failing

• Water spilling over the front edge during rain. This usually means the gutter pitch has flattened because hangers have pulled loose from rotted fascia board, or the section itself has warped from heat and standing water.
• Visible gaps or sagging between hanger points. The aluminum has lost its rigidity, typically after years of debris weight or a few close encounters with ladders. Once a section sags, water pools and accelerates corrosion at the seam.
• Rust streaks or pinhole leaks at the end caps. In Fort Lauderdale’s salt-laden air, end caps and seam sealant fail years before the channel itself. You’ll see a brown drip trail on the fascia directly beneath the cap.
• Water running behind the gutter, down the fascia board. This points to the drip edge being pushed back or the gutter being mounted too low. It’s a common installation shortcut that we correct during replacement.
• Gutter pulling away at outside corners. Corner miters take the most thermal expansion stress. Once the miter seal lets go, the joint opens up and the whole corner assembly starts working loose.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

In Fort Lauderdale, you should expect to pay between $14 and $28 per linear foot for a full Tamko gutter replacement, installed. Seamless 5-inch K-style aluminum in .032 gauge typically lands on the lower end; 6-inch half-round or runs requiring extensive fascia repair run higher. Partial section replacement, where we remove and replace only the failed length, usually runs $180 to $400 for most single-section jobs on a standard two-story home.

Every quote we give includes the gutter material, Tamko-spec hangers and end caps, seam sealant, removal and haul-away of the old section, and a written line-item breakdown before any work starts. The number on your estimate is the number on your invoice. We don’t do change orders for things we should have seen during the walkthrough. And everything we install is covered by our 365-Day Done Right Promise: if the replacement fails within a year, we come back and correct it at no charge, in writing.

DIY or Call Us?

Gutter replacement is not a high-voltage or high-tension job, but it is a two-person job on any home taller than a single story. The honest split: you can safely inspect your Tamko gutters from the ground with binoculars, and you can clear debris with a standoff ladder that rests on the roof rather than the gutter itself. What you should not do is a mid-span replacement solo: a 20-foot wet aluminum section flexes like a noodle when it’s unclipped, and the ladder-plus-writhing-gutter combination puts you on the ground faster than you’d like.

Where we see DIY attempts go wrong in Fort Lauderdale is pitch. A gutter that looks level usually isn’t; it needs a consistent quarter-inch drop per ten feet toward the downspout. Get it wrong and you’ve traded a leaking section for a slow-draining one. The second common failure is seam sealing: done without proper surface prep, the seam opens again within a season. Call (754) 354-8628 and we’ll give you a written price before anything gets touched.

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