What Do Commercial Gutters Cost in Texas, Per Linear Foot?

A commercial gutter run in Texas runs $27 to $32 per linear foot for seamless and $27 to $35 for heavy-gauge box, installed with downspouts. Scuppers add $500 to $1,000 per opening. Run length, downspout count, and fascia condition move the number. Updated July 2026.

Here is the first thing to get straight before you read a single bid: commercial gutters are priced by the linear foot of run and by the opening, not by the square footage of your roof. If a number on your estimate looks like it was built off roof area, something is measured wrong. So we start with the per-foot bands, and everything else on this page is a detail inside them. Gutters are one piece of a whole building envelope, and they sit under ARP's commercial gutter services alongside the drainage details that keep water off your walls.

Updated July 2026. Texas baseline pricing, measured per linear foot of gutter run and per scupper opening, not per square foot of roof. These are installed numbers, so they already fold in the gutter, the hangers, the sealed miters, and the downspouts that carry water to grade. Your final figure still moves with how many downspouts the run needs, the condition of the fascia and wood behind the gutter, and how hard the roof edge is to reach and stage. Final commercial pricing always depends on run length, downspout count, fascia condition, and access.

At the Texas baseline, 200 linear feet of commercial gutter runs roughly $5,400 to $7,000 installed, and 500 feet runs about $13,500 to $17,500. Your downspout count, fascia condition, and roof access set the final figure. Updated July 2026.

Per linear foot is how the estimate gets built, but your capital plan runs on the whole run. So here is the same per-foot pricing translated into what a full gutter run costs by the total linear feet around your building. One note before you read across: the number that matters is the length of roof edge that actually needs a gutter, not the footprint of the building or the area of the roof. Measure the eaves and parapet edges that shed water, and read the two system columns.

Texas baseline installed cost, by gutter run

Updated July 2026. These are installed ranges at the Texas baseline, computed straight off the per-foot bands above. Notice what the table does not do: it never multiplies by roof area, because a gutter only follows the edge that sheds water. Two buildings with the same roof square footage can carry very different gutter runs depending on how the roof is shaped and where it drains. Whichever profile you land on, the final price still depends on your downspout spacing, the wood behind the gutter, and the height and access at the roof edge.

Commercial scuppers run $500 to $1,000 per opening in Texas, including the through-wall penetration, conductor head, and downspout connection. A typical parapet roof carries several, so budget by the opening count. Wall condition and height move the number. Updated July 2026.

If your building carries a parapet, a low wall running around the roof edge, the water often does not run to a gutter at all. It drains through the wall at a scupper, a boxed opening cut through the parapet with a conductor head and downspout on the outside. Scuppers price per opening, not per foot, because each one is a wall penetration with its own flashing and sheet-metal work.

Updated July 2026. Count the openings your roof needs to drain, then read the range. On most parapet buildings the scupper count is set by roof area and slope, so a bigger roof drains through more openings, not through a pricier single one. Final pricing depends on wall thickness, the height of the opening off the ground, and whether the existing conductor heads can be reused.

Two buildings the same width can carry very different gutter numbers, and it is rarely the profile you pick. Here is what actually moves the estimate, so you can read your own bids with a sharper eye.

1. Run length. This is the base of the whole number, because the gutter is priced by the foot. Measure the full length of every roof edge that sheds water, eaves and parapet edges both, and that footage times the per-foot band is where your budget starts.

2. Downspout count. A gutter is only as good as its ability to get water to grade. A long run with too few downspouts overflows in a hard Texas rain, so the right design adds a downspout every 30 to 40 feet. More downspouts is more material and more labor, and it is the difference between a gutter that works and one that dumps water on your foundation.

3. Profile and gauge. Seamless runs and heavy-gauge box gutters price differently because they carry different water volumes and take different labor to form and hang. Box gutters handle the highest flow and the toughest parapet edges, which is why the top of the box band runs above the seamless band.

4. Fascia and wood condition. What the gutter hangs on sets your prep cost. If the fascia board and the wood behind it are sound, the new gutter mounts to good structure and the number stays clean. If the assessment finds rot from years of a failing gutter, replacing that wood is a line item before a single new section goes up.

5. Scuppers and conductor heads. A parapet roof drains through wall openings, and each scupper is priced per opening on top of the run. The more openings your roof needs to move its water, the more that sheet-metal detail work adds.

6. Roof access and height. How the crew reaches the edge matters. A single-story building with open ground around it prices lower than a multi-story building where every section is staged over occupied space or a busy lot. Height, obstructions, and keeping tenants working underneath all add labor.

Here is the short version most gutter bids skip. Seamless commercial gutters are formed in one continuous length on site, so they carry fewer seams, and fewer seams is fewer places to leak over a 20-year service life. On a straightforward roof edge with normal rainfall volume, seamless is usually the right call, and it sits at the lower end of the two bands.

Box gutters earn their keep on the buildings seamless cannot handle. A box profile is a heavy-gauge rectangular channel built to move a lot of water fast, which is what a large low-slope roof or a tight parapet edge demands in a Texas downpour. That extra capacity and the heavier metal are why the top of the box band ($35 per linear foot) runs above the seamless ceiling ($32 per linear foot). The honest answer on which one fits is a look at your roof size, your slope, and how the water is moving today, not a phone quote. Our page on commercial gutters in Texas walks through where each profile wins.

Commercial gutter repair in Texas runs $500 to $1,000 as a flat band, depending on whether the work is a seam reseal, a rehang, or a section replacement. A full reseal costs far less than a new run. Fascia condition sets the number. Updated July 2026.

Here is a piece of good news that catches a lot of property managers off guard: a leaking commercial gutter does not always mean a full replacement. If the run is structurally sound and the metal has life left, resealing the seams, rehanging a sagging section, or replacing one failed length can buy years at a fraction of a new run. That is why gutter repair prices across a $500 to $1,000 flat band, because the work ranges from a simple reseal to a section swap.

A full replacement makes sense when the metal is corroded through, the run has pulled off failing fascia, or you are chasing the same leak season after season. At that point the repair dollars stop paying back and a new run is the honest answer. The only way to know which one your building qualifies for is a look at the gutter and the wood behind it. If a leak is your immediate problem, start with commercial roof repair, and if you want the drainage checked on a schedule before it fails, that lives under commercial roof maintenance.

A number is only as honest as the scope behind it. Before you compare two bids, make sure they cover the same work, because "new gutters" can quietly mean two different jobs. Every ARP commercial gutter estimate puts the full scope in writing before a contract is signed, and here is what that scope covers.

What is in an ARP commercial gutter estimate:

• Measured linear footage of every run, and a downspout layout that actually moves your water
• Commercial-gauge gutter, hangers, and sealed miters
• Downspouts carried to grade or to the drainage point you specify
• Scupper and conductor-head detail on parapet roofs, priced per opening
• Fascia and mounting-wood condition noted before work starts
• Removal and haul-off of the old gutter run
• Final walkthrough with you or your building owner
• Manufacturer materials installed to specification

What is usually out (and should be quoted separately if the building needs it):

• Fascia or structural wood replacement beyond a stated allowance, if the assessment finds rot
• Interior repairs from prior overflow damage
• A full engineered drainage redesign, if the roof's original scupper sizing was undersized
• Underground drainage tie-ins handled by a site or plumbing trade

None of that is padding. It is the difference between a quote that holds and a low number that turns into change orders once the crew is on the ladder. That same discipline runs across every system we install as a commercial roofing contractor in Texas.

We do not compete on the lowest bid, and we will tell you that up front. What you get instead is a number built from an actual look at the building: an ARP estimator measures every run, counts the downspouts your roof actually needs, checks the fascia and the wood behind it, and writes the profile, the gauge, and the scupper detail into a scope you can hold before you commit a dollar. That is how a seamless run and a box run stop being guesses and become two priced options you can take to ownership.

That estimator work sits under real commercial-roofing authority. Randal Williams is a former commercial high-rise field engineer and Xactimate expert with 15+ years in roofing and construction. He has scoped and documented more than $7 million in insurance claim work across Texas, including single commercial claims above $2 million, supporting property managers and building owners through the claims process as the contractor of record.

On the building, the work is led by an ARP project manager, and the installation partners we deploy and supervise under that project manager do the install with a check at the milestones that matter. One project manager runs your job from contract through the final walkthrough, so the number you signed and the run you get are the same thing. ARP is a GAF GoldElite Commercial Contractor, registered with every municipality across our Texas service areas.

A number that comes in well under the ranges above is not a bargain, it is a warning. Here is what is usually missing when a commercial gutter bid looks too good to be true:

• A run priced off roof area. Gutters follow the edge that sheds water, not the square footage of the roof. A bid built off roof area is measuring the wrong thing and will not match the job.
• Too few downspouts. A cheap run often thins the downspouts to hit a price. That gutter overflows in the first hard rain and dumps water on your foundation. Count the downspouts on the bid before you sign.
• No fascia condition note. The wood behind the gutter is where the surprises live. A bid with nothing written about the fascia can add a wood-replacement change order the week after you sign.
• Scuppers left off a parapet roof. If your roof drains through the wall and the estimate says nothing about scuppers or conductor heads, that work did not disappear, it got deferred onto your next overflow.
• No written scope before the deposit. A vague one-line quote is where gutter jobs go sideways. The footage, the downspout count, and the scupper detail all belong on paper before you sign.

If a bid is missing these, the gap between it and an honest number is not savings, it is work that will not get done.

A failing gutter does not get cheaper by waiting. Every storm the overflow keeps finding the fascia, the wood behind it keeps soaking, and a job that could have been a reseal turns into a full run with a fascia repair attached. The move that protects you is putting a real measurement and a real scope in front of ownership before the water forces the decision on its timeline instead of yours.

That is what an assessment gives you: a measured run, a downspout count, a fascia check, and a written scope with the price attached, so you can plan the capital instead of reacting to an overflow. Book your free commercial gutter assessment and we will put the footage and the pricing on paper. If a leak is already showing up inside, start with commercial roof repair first.

• Seamless commercial gutters: one continuous run formed to length, priced per linear foot of run, installed with hangers, sealed miters, and downspouts.
• Box gutters: heavy-gauge rectangular profile for high-volume and parapet roofs, priced per linear foot of run.
• Scuppers: through-wall parapet drainage openings with conductor heads, priced per opening.

Pricing basis:

• ARP's current pricing (Texas), July 2026: commercial gutter bands (seamless $27 to $32/lf, box $27 to $35/lf, repair/reseal $500 to $1,000 flat) and scupper openings ($500 to $1,000 each). Building-run totals computed straight from the per-foot bands. Final pricing depends on run length, downspout count, fascia condition, and access.

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