Gutter Service in Contoocook, NH

Contoocook is the village in the north of Hopkinton, built along the Contoocook River. What sets it apart is age. With a median build year of 1949, its housing is older than Hopkinton's overall median of 1968.

Houses from the 1800s along the river

The median Contoocook home dates to 1949, 42% were built before 1940, and 82% are owner-occupied (ACS 2020-24). Houses that old may have been re-roofed, re-sided and re-guttered more than once. The common failure is the roof edge itself: fascia that has soaked up decades of overflow, and a gutter that hangs from it by habit. We look at the wood first. Because 82% are owner-occupied, most of these houses are lived in by the people who pay for the repairs, so a yearly cleaning plan is easy to keep once it starts.

• Gutter repair for hangers that have let go and seams that have dried and opened.
• Gutter cleaning for porch roofs and deep eaves where leaves collect.
• Seamless gutters once the trim is sound, cut to length for the run.

The railroad bridge and the village

Contoocook is known for its railroad bridge. It was rebuilt in 1889, carried trains until 1960, and is described as the oldest surviving covered railroad bridge in the US. The town of Hopkinton bought it in 1989. The old depot sits beside it. For a gutter crew the point is simpler. Village houses of this age often have porch roofs, short runs and downspouts that end near walkways or a neighbor's line. Tell us where the water goes now, and we can say whether a change would help. Houses nearer the riverbank can have damp ground at the foundation in spring, so we look at where each downspout empties before suggesting a longer extension.

Two rivers in a small village

The village is compact, about 2.30 square miles of land at around 358 feet. The Contoocook River runs through the center, and the Warner River forms the northern edge and flows into it. NH Route 103 is Main Street and Park Avenue through the village, Route 127 comes in from the south, and I-89 Exit 6 serves it. Houses are close together, so a downspout rarely has much room to discharge. We go over where the water can go without running onto a walk or a neighbor's lot.

On a short porch run, pitch is the quiet problem. A common guideline is a quarter inch of fall for every ten feet, and an old run that has settled loses it. Water that stands in the trough stains the fascia from the inside. A pitch correction is usually a smaller job than a replacement, and we say so when that is what the roof needs.

Village or rest of Hopkinton?

Contoocook is part of the town of Hopkinton, and the two pages have different jobs. This one is about the older riverside village. Our Hopkinton page is for the town's center and farms beyond Interstate 89, where lots are bigger and roofs are longer.

Reaching Contoocook from Hampstead

Contoocook is about an hour from Hampstead. Trips are booked ahead, and we may group yours with other nearby work in Henniker, Concord or the rest of Merrimack County. We walk the roofline, look at the trim, and give you a written price.