Gutter installation contract template — fascia, discharge and drainage
Gutter contracts fail on two things: rotten fascia found at teardown, and where the water goes once it leaves the downspout.
This is a checklist of what a gutter installation contract has to settle — not a ready-to-sign legal document, and not legal advice. Most states regulate home improvement contracts: required disclosures, cancellation windows, deposit limits and licence display all vary, and some trades carry extra rules. Adapt this, then have a lawyer in your state review it before you put it in front of a customer.
Download as a spreadsheet to work through, or print it to sit alongside your own agreement.
What a gutter installation contract has to settle
A gutter contract has to price the unknown behind the old gutter and settle the question of discharge. Fascia rot is not gutter work — it is carpentry — and needs a per-foot allowance rather than absorption into the linear rate. Discharge is the clause customers care about after the fact: a correctly hung gutter that empties at the foundation will generate a complaint, so the contract should state where water goes and whether any underground drainage is in scope.
Clauses it needs
- Parties, licence number, and the elevations in scope
- Linear feet, profile, size, material and colour
- Downspout count and drop locations, agreed before fabrication
- Fascia and drip edge allowance, with a per-foot repair rate
- Where water discharges, and whether splash blocks or drainage are included
- Underground tie-in, if any, and who is responsible for its condition
- Slope and outlet spacing over long runs
- Gutter guards, if fitted, with their warranty and cleaning implications
- Access and staging for second-storey runs
- Removal and disposal of existing gutters
What gutter installation contracts actually get argued over
- Soft fascia found at teardown with no allowance in the contract
- Water discharging at the foundation because discharge was never specified
- An underground drain found blocked, with no clause on whose problem it is
- Guards fitted over gutters the customer expected to be cleaned first
The estimate this contract is built on
A contract can only be as clear as the scope it references. BidWand drafts the itemised estimate — labour, materials, exclusions and assumptions — that the scope and exclusions clauses point at.
Draft the gutter installation estimate this contract references
This generates the estimate, not the contract — describe the job and you get the itemised scope to attach. No email needed to see the first one.
What you get — see the format first
A complete estimate you can send to the customer, built from the rate you enter:
| Description | Qty | Unit | Unit price | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor — itemized by task | hrs | hour | your rate | — |
| Materials — with your markup applied | qty | ea / sq ft | cost + markup | — |
| Permits, disposal, access | — | — | — | — |
Plus a plain-English scope summary, assumptions (what had to be guessed), exclusions (what you are not doing — the section that prevents most change-order arguments), and a validity period. Printable, or send the link.
Every figure comes from the rate and markup you supply. We never fill in a market price for you.
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