Gutter Service in Keene, NH

Keene's housing runs older than most of the region. The median home was built in 1961, and 34% went up before 1940 (ACS 2020-24). Gutters on houses that old are usually not the originals, but they are often well past their best.

Older rentals and brick blocks near Central Square

Only 55% of Keene homes are owner-occupied, so a large share of the city is rental housing, much of it multi-unit and prewar. Keene State College is part of that mix, so landlords here often manage several roofs at once. Those buildings have tall eaves, many corners and several downspouts. A single failed seam or loose hanger can drip down a wall for a whole season before anyone with a ladder notices.

Keene inventoried nearly 200 historic properties starting in 2000 and set up a downtown historic-district body (Wikipedia). If your building is one of them, ask the city before changing how it looks.

Around Central Square and Main Street, brick commercial blocks put a lot of roof over a few outlets. When one of those downspouts clogs, the water has nowhere else to go. For those buildings we start with commercial gutters, which means checking the runs, the outlets and where each downspout lets go.

Which services Keene buildings tend to need

• Gutter repair for prewar rentals where seams have opened and hangers have pulled out of tired fascia
• Gutter cleaning for houses under old street maples, since leaves pack the troughs from October on
• Winter gutter protection for roofs that drop a season of snow onto the gutter at once
• New seamless gutters and downspouts through our main gutter service page when a run is past saving
• Landlords with several units can ask about a maintenance plan so every building is checked on one schedule

Snow on tall eaves and old mill roofs

Keene averages about 59.8 inches of snow and 46 inches of precipitation a year (Wikipedia), more snow than Hampstead's 53.8 inches (BestPlaces). Tall eaves and steep pitches drop that snow onto a lower roof or a gutter, and low-pitch roofs hold it, then release meltwater all at once. Two Keene mills, Beaver Mills and the Faulkner and Colony Woolen Mill, are on the National Register of Historic Places, a sign of how much old, large-roofed building stock the city has.

Keene visits, 70 miles from Hampstead

Keene is among the farthest places we cover. Trips are booked ahead, and we may line yours up with other jobs in the Monadnock Region. Call a few weeks before you need the work, not the week after the first freeze.

When you call, tell us the number of stories, the type of roof edge and whether a unit is occupied. For a landlord, that helps us plan one visit across a building. We measure, look over the fascia and hangers, and give a written price. If a contractor in any town works on a rental, ask to see a certificate of insurance first; that applies to us and everyone else.

Where roof water goes in an Ashuelot River city

The Ashuelot River drains Keene toward the Connecticut River. Serious flooding in 1936 and the 1938 hurricane led to a flood-control program, including Surry Dam, finished in 1942. Record rainfall in October 2005, with about 12 inches in the worst-hit areas, brought flooding again (Wikipedia). Gutters cannot stop a river. They do decide whether your own roof sends water against a foundation or across a walkway. On older lots, check that each downspout ends well away from the wall and that nothing discharges toward a neighbor's basement window.

Outside the city we also cover Swanzey and Troy, and the wider Cheshire County page explains how far out we go.