Snow load
Lake-effect snow is heavy and it slides. Gutters hung on properly fastened hangers take that weight along the eave instead of letting it peel the roof edge apart.
Duluth · St. Louis County · North Shore
Seamless gutters that handle snow, ice and rain. Send us the address and the footage on this page — we'll price it and reply the same day.
Local conditions
Weather arrives off the lake in every form it has. A gutter run is the one part of the roof that meets all of it — snow, meltwater, refreeze — and moves it somewhere harmless.
Lake-effect snow is heavy and it slides. Gutters hung on properly fastened hangers take that weight along the eave instead of letting it peel the roof edge apart.
Meltwater running down the roof refreezes at the cold eave and backs up under the shingles. A correctly pitched run with clear downspouts gives that water somewhere to go.
Duluth swings above and below freezing all spring. Sized right, a seamless run carries a whole roof's worth of meltwater past the foundation instead of into it.
Materials & sample pricing
Three materials, one job: move water off the roof and away from the foundation. We measure the eave line on site and form each run to the length your house actually needs.
Most common
Light and rust-free, formed in one continuous piece to your roofline, then finished to match your trim.
Heavy snow
A stiffer profile for long runs, steep roofs and houses that take weather straight off the lake.
Older rooflines
Half-round and copper details that weather to a patina over time and suit older Duluth houses.
Sample pricing shown per linear foot. Every estimate comes with a written footage breakdown, so you can see exactly where the numbers come from.
Before the gutters go up
A gutter can only hold as well as the wood behind it. If the fascia is soft or the soffit has rotted through, we replace it before the new run is formed — otherwise the first heavy snow takes the whole thing down.
We check the fascia, soffit and rafter tails along the full run during the free on-site estimate.
Rotted sections come out and new fascia and soffit go in, so the hangers bite into solid wood.
The seamless gutter is formed to your measured footage, pitched to drain and fastened along the eave.
Fascia & soffit repair — from $12 per linear ft
Service area
St. Louis County and the North Shore — the lake side, the hill and the inland towns. If you're on this list, we're already working in your neighborhood.
Out past Cloquet or up the Shore and not sure if we cover your street? Call the shop and we'll tell you straight.
Get instant quoteFree on-site estimate
Give us the address, the roof pitch and the linear footage. We'll confirm the numbers on site, put the footage breakdown in writing and reply the same day.
Nordquist Gutter & Sheet Metal (555) 014-2290