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Cost of Gutter Guards: Price It by Type and by the Foot
Six guard types, six prices. Set the type, the footage and your rate.
Quoting the whole roofline? Estimate it from a photo.
Sets a starting crew time. Type the hours you will really spend.
Prices are named retail listings read September 23, 2026, billed as whole packs, not cut feet. The rate starts at the May 2025 median roofer wage, a wage and not a billed rate. The cleaning line is a worked illustration.
Cost of gutter guards starts with the type
Guards are not one product. A foam wedge, a bristle cylinder, a mesh strip and a hinged steel panel all sit in the same gutter. The prices are not close.
Better still, guards sell in packs, and the seller prints the feet each pack covers next to its price. Divide for a real rate.
SimplyWise Cost Estimator turns a photo into an itemized estimate in about 6 seconds.
What each guard type costs per foot
Every figure is a pack price divided by the coverage the seller states.
| Type | Form | Per foot | Sellers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vinyl screen | 20 ft roll or 3 ft snap in panel | $0.25 to $1.00 | Two |
| Aluminum screen | 20 ft roll or 3 ft lock on panel | $0.62 to $1.66 | One |
| Foam insert | Wedge filling the channel, 4 ft | $1.75 to $1.79 | One |
| Steel hinged | Convex galvanized panel, 3 ft | $2.02 to $2.83 | Two |
| Brush insert | Bristle cylinder, 30 ft pack | $3.67 | One |
| Micro mesh | Fine screen on a rigid frame | None published | None |
The steel hinged panel is one part at two sellers. Vinyl screen is the same form at two sellers, not the same part. Treat every other row as single source.
What we could not price
Micro mesh is the type we most wanted to price and the one nobody sells you straight. The two retail catalogs cited here list none. The trade supply house hides prices behind a login. The rest were installers pricing their own work.
What the price does not include
Three costs land on the invoice and none sit in the table. The gutter gets cleaned and inspected first, because you are sealing in whatever is there. Rotten fascia and tired hangers surface once you are up the ladder.
Access is the third. A second story or a steep pitch changes the hours, and hours are most of this job.
What the labor side pays
The occupation is Roofers. The May 2025 national median is $26.65 an hour, the mean $27.95. Across 135,490 roofers the 25th percentile sits at $22.24 and the 90th at $39.29. Crews running a helper price off Construction Laborers, median $22.66.
Those are wages an employer pays, and the survey skips the self employed. Your billed rate sits above either.
Turn the roofline into a priced job
SimplyWise Cost Estimator turns a photo into an itemized estimate in about 6 seconds. It is $29.99/mo or $239.99/yr, about $20/mo on annual, with a 7-day free trial.
Guards against a cleaning bill, worked out
Our gutter cleaning prices guide puts single story work at $1.09 to $2.30 a foot from the two companies publishing a rate, and West Virginia University Extension says gutters want cleaning twice a year.
Run 180 feet at the low end and two visits cost about $392 a year. Vinyl screen on that roofline, material plus four crew hours at the median wage, lands between $151 and $286.
A worked illustration off stated inputs, not market data. It assumes both visits stop, and no maker publishes a count of visits saved.
What guards do not solve
Guards reduce maintenance. They do not end it. Grit, granules and pine needles still land on top, and seed pods germinate in open mesh.
Our cleaning guide carries the number that settles it. One national company adds $50 to $150 to a visit to pull guards and refit them.
Price a guard job in four steps
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Measure the run, pick the type
Linear feet of gutter is the measurement, and type sets the rate.
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Count whole packs, not feet
Packs run 3, 4, 20 and 30 ft, so round up and price the offcut.
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Add the clean, the repair, the access
The pre clean, hanger work and ladder time are separate lines.
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Put crew hours on at your rate
Start at the wage, then add burden, truck and margin.
Keep reading
Sources
Do it Best listings
- Frost King VX620 ($6.79, 20 ft; 2026-09-11).
- Amerimax 85379 ($2.99, 3 ft; 2026-09-11).
- Spectra 6EXPROLL ($12.49, 20 ft; 2026-09-11).
- Spectra GS442FM3RTBK ($4.99, 3 ft; 2026-09-23).
- Amerimax 85280BX ($8.49, 3 ft; 2026-09-11).
Sutherlands listings
- Vinyl guard, 6 in by 20 ft ($4.99; 2026-09-23).
- TJM GS-K5 foam ($7.16, 4 ft; 2026-09-11).
- GutterStuff GF-100040.5 ($6.99, 48 in; 2026-09-23).
- Amerimax 85280BX ($6.07, 3 ft; 2026-09-11).
Maker direct
- GutterBrush 5IN-30FT ($110.00, 30 ft, single source; 2026-09-11).
Wages and cadence
- WVU Extension Service, Gutter Safety (at least twice a year; 2026-09-23).
- BLS OEWS, 47-2181 Roofers (May 2025, OEUN000000000000047218108; 2026-09-11).
- BLS OEWS, 47-2061 Laborers (May 2025, OEUN000000000000047206108; 2026-09-11).
- Gutter cleaning prices (per foot band, refit adder; 2026-09-11).
- SimplyWise Cost Estimator (4.8, App Store; 2026-09-09).
Common questions about gutter guard cost
Price and type
How much do gutter guards cost per foot?
Listings read September 23, 2026 run $0.25 a foot for a vinyl mesh roll. Brush tops the ladder at $3.67. Steel hinged panels sit at $2.02 to $2.83.
Which gutter guard type is cheapest?
Vinyl mesh sold as a 20 ft roll, about $0.25 a foot. The same material as a 3 ft snap in panel costs four times that. Form matters as much as material.
Why is there no micro mesh price on this page?
No seller we may cite publishes one. The two retail catalogs cited here list none. The trade supply house hides prices behind a login. The rest are installers selling the install.
Install and payback
Do gutter guards pay for themselves?
On 180 feet at $1.09 a foot, two cleanings a year cost about $392. Vinyl screen installed lands between $151 and $286. A worked illustration, not market data.
Do gutter guards mean you never clean gutters again?
No. Grit, granules and needles still land on top. One national cleaner adds $50 to $150 to a visit to pull guards and refit them.
Can SimplyWise price a gutter guard job from a photo?
Yes. SimplyWise Cost Estimator turns a photo into an itemized estimate in about 6 seconds, with material and labor lines. Free to try, at $29.99/mo.
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