New gutters and downpipes · Ireland

Gutter replacement in Ireland

Replacing the gutters on a typical semi-detached house, about 20 metres, costs €1,000 to €1,400 in uPVC, €1,300 to €1,800 in aluminium and €2,100 to €2,800 in cast iron, supplied and fitted (Munster Gutters, Cork: gutter installation and replacement).

Leaking joints, a sagging run, gutters overflowing in heavy rain, or a new extension that needs them? Send it in 3 taps and it goes to one gutter company that covers your county, who rings you back with a time to look and a written price.

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Square profiles carry more than half round of the same width, because the sides are steeper (FloPlast flow tables).

€1,000 to €1,400new uPVC gutters on a typical semi, about 20 m, supplied and fitted (Munster Gutters, Cork: gutter installation and replacement)
One dayfor a typical house once access is set up (Munster Gutters, Cork: gutter installation and replacement)
1,868 mm a yearof rain at Kenmare, against 753 mm in Dublin. Our sums from Met Éireann's grid (Met Éireann 1991–2020 average rainfall, 1 km grid)
27 pricesfrom 4 gutter and roofing firms and Woodie's, read 1 November 2026: the cost guide

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Cost check

What new gutters cost for your house

Two taps: the material and roughly how many metres of gutter. The answer is a published Irish rate times your metres.

Material

uPVC (plastic)Lowest costAluminiumSeamless, powder coatedCast ironPeriod houses

Metres of gutter, roughly

Published rate × your metres

€1,000 to €1,300

20 m at Munster Gutters's published €50 to €65 a metre, supplied and fitted (VAT not stated). Our multiplication, not a quote. For a typical semi of about 20 m, Munster Gutters publishes €1,000 to €1,400 as a job.

Scaffold or a tower, where it's needed, is priced on top (Munster Gutters, Cork: gutter installation and replacement).
Downpipes are usually in the job. A separate downpipe repair or replacement is published at €120 to €380 a pipe, ex VAT (Recommended Roofing, gutter cost guide 2026).
Repair and maintenance of a house is at the 13.5% VAT rate (Revenue, VAT on construction services (reviewed Aug 2026)). Ask whether the written price includes it.

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How this is worked out

The metres you pick, times one Irish company's published supply-and-fit rate per metre for that material: Munster Gutters for uPVC and aluminium, Recommended Roofing for cast iron. The multiplication is ours. Rates read on 1 November 2026. Metre labels are rough guides, not measurements: count the gutter runs on your own house if you can. It's an estimate, never a quote.

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New gutters on your own house

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A rendered semi-detached house in Co. Meath with white uPVC gutters, fascia and bargeboard, a bay window and a blue front door — Example photo: a real house in Co. Meath, photographed on an exterior cleaning job by the company that did it. It isn't a gutter job. Tap "Try it on an example" in the preview to see it with new gutters.

When to replace

Signs the gutters have had it

Joints leaking in several places, and seals that fail again after they're redone.
A sagging run that holds water along its length, even after extra brackets.
Plastic gone brittle, faded or cracked, or cast iron rusted through.
Overflowing in heavy rain when the gutter is clean: too small for the roof, or not enough outlets.
Soft fascia behind it, so the brackets have nothing solid to hold. Then the boards go too.

One leaking joint or a dropped bracket is a repair, published from €80 to €200 (SA Roofing, gutter replacement cost, 5 Oct 2026). When most of the run is failing, replacement costs less over the years. Repair or replace? goes through it.

Prices

What Irish gutter firms publish

As each firm states it, read on 1 November 2026. The ranges overlap but don't match, so check what each includes: VAT, downpipes, taking the old gutters away, and scaffold.

Job	Published price	VAT	Source
uPVC gutters replaced, typical semi (about 20 m)	€1,000 to €1,400	VAT not stated	Munster Gutters, Cork: gutter installation and replacement
Aluminium gutters replaced, typical semi (about 20 m)	€1,300 to €1,800	VAT not stated	Munster Gutters, Cork: gutter installation and replacement
Cast iron gutters replaced, typical semi (about 20 m)	€2,100 to €2,800	VAT not stated	Munster Gutters, Cork: gutter installation and replacement
New uPVC gutters, 3-bed semi	€950 to €1,900	ex VAT	Recommended Roofing, gutter cost guide 2026
Seamless aluminium gutters, 3-bed semi	€1,900 to €3,400	ex VAT	Recommended Roofing, gutter cost guide 2026
New uPVC gutters and downpipes, semi (Dublin market)	€600 to €1,500	VAT not stated	SA Roofing, gutter replacement cost, 5 Oct 2026
Full gutter replacement	€800 to €1,500	VAT not stated	Master Roofing, gutter repair costs
Guttering installed, typical across Munster, a metre	€50 to €90	VAT not stated	Munster Gutters, Cork: gutter installation and replacement

SA Roofing calls its figures broad market ranges for Dublin houses, not its own prices (SA Roofing, gutter replacement cost, 5 Oct 2026). The cost guide lists all 27 figures, from downpipes to a 2 m length of gutter at Woodie's.

Rain

The west gets twice the rain

A gutter has to carry what the roof sheds. Average rain a year at each county's largest town, 1991–2020, against Dublin. Our sums from Met Éireann's 1 km grid (Met Éireann 1991–2020 average rainfall, 1 km grid).

Castlebar1,458 mm
Tralee1,357 mm
Letterkenny1,317 mm
Galway city1,289 mm
Ennis1,288 mm
Cork city1,109 mm
Limerick city1,044 mm
Clonmel1,032 mm
Wexford town1,021 mm
Waterford city1,020 mm
Naas871 mm
Navan869 mm
Dublin city753 mm

A 50 m² roof (an example size) sheds about 72,900 litres a year in Castlebar and 37,650 in Dublin: rain in millimetres times square metres gives litres. The wettest town on this site is Kenmare, at 1,868 mm. Square and deep flow profiles carry more water than half round of the same width (PVC Cladding, FloPlast gutter flow rates): see gutter profiles.

Counties

Twelve counties, compared

Gutters are priced by the metre, so the share of detached houses matters. Each county page has its own rainfall and census figures, checked 1 November 2026.

70%of Mayo and Donegal homes are detached, against 41% nationally (CSO Census 2022, table F2007A)

67%of Irish homes were built before 2001, so their gutters are 25 years old or more

9%of Irish homes were built before 1919: where cast iron is still common

753 mmof rain a year in Dublin city, the driest place on the table

County	Rain a year, main town	Houses	Detached	Built before 1981	Built before 2001
Cork	1,109 mm	190,254	44%	44%	68%
Galway	1,289 mm	87,340	59%	33%	63%
Limerick	1,044 mm	67,442	45%	44%	71%
Kerry	1,357 mm	54,861	66%	40%	68%
Waterford	1,020 mm	43,615	42%	42%	69%
Clare	1,288 mm	43,666	60%	40%	68%
Tipperary	1,032 mm	59,347	59%	47%	70%
Mayo	1,458 mm	49,368	70%	39%	67%
Donegal	1,317 mm	58,997	70%	33%	63%
Kildare	871 mm	74,504	38%	29%	59%
Meath	869 mm	66,965	50%	31%	55%
Wexford	1,021 mm	56,127	61%	35%	61%
Dublin	753 mm	378,215	10%	49%	73%

Rain: Met Éireann's 1991–2020 average on a 1 km grid, our mean of the cells within 3 km of the county's largest town (Met Éireann 1991–2020 average rainfall, 1 km grid). Houses: private households in a detached, semi-detached or terraced house; shares are of all households (CSO Census 2022, table F2007A). Our sums.

Guides

Before you get a price

Short answers first, then the detail and the source.

How it works

From the form to new gutters

Upload or answer 3 questionsA photo of the front of the house for a free preview, or 3 taps on the form. Only your number is needed.
We pass it to one companyOne gutter company that covers your county. Not a list, and not five companies ringing you.
They ring you with a priceAfter a look at the house, in writing: material, profile, colour, downpipes, scaffold and VAT.
The workA typical house is one day once access is set up. Nothing is agreed until you accept.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How much does gutter replacement cost in Ireland?

Munster Gutters in Cork publishes €1,000 to €1,400 to replace the gutters on a typical semi of about 20 m in uPVC, €1,300 to €1,800 in aluminium and €2,100 to €2,800 in cast iron (Munster Gutters, Cork: gutter installation and replacement). Recommended Roofing publishes €950 to €1,900 ex VAT for new uPVC gutters on a 3-bed semi (Recommended Roofing, gutter cost guide 2026). The cost guide has every figure.

How much is guttering per metre?

Installed, Munster Gutters gives €50 to €90 a metre across Munster: €50 to €65 for standard uPVC and €65 to €75 for aluminium (Munster Gutters, Cork: gutter installation and replacement). Recommended Roofing's figure for cast iron ogee is €90 to €160 a metre ex VAT (Recommended Roofing, gutter cost guide 2026).

How long does it take to replace gutters?

"A typical house is usually a one-day job once access is set up", according to Munster Gutters (Munster Gutters, Cork: gutter installation and replacement). Gutters with new fascia and soffit take longer. See how long it takes.

Are you a gutter company?

No. Gutter Replacement is an introduction service run by Bartlomiej Standa, trading as Elevate Ireland. We pass your request to one gutter company that covers your county. They look at the house, price it in writing and deal with you directly.

Do you cover Dublin?

Dublin has its own site: guttersdublin.ie, with Dublin firms' prices and pages for each council area. Requests from Dublin sent here are passed on too.

Do I need planning permission for new gutters?

Not on an ordinary house. Maintenance or improvement that doesn't materially change how the house looks is exempted development under section 4(1)(h) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (Planning and Development Act 2000, section 4). On a protected structure, talk to the council first: see cast iron gutters.

Is there a grant for new gutters?

Not for an ordinary house. For a protected structure or a building in an Architectural Conservation Area, the Built Heritage Investment Scheme gives grants of €2,500 to €50,000 through the local council (Department of Housing, Built Heritage Investment Scheme), and repairs to cast iron rainwater goods can qualify (BHIS 2027 qualifying works).

Where these numbers come from (6 public sources, checked 1 November 2026)

Sources (5)

Prices and facts on this page were checked against these published pages. We are not connected to these businesses.

Munster Gutters, Cork: gutter installation and replacement: munstergutters.pages.dev
FloPlast flow tables: pvccladding.com
Recommended Roofing, gutter cost guide 2026: recommendedguttering.ie
SA Roofing, gutter replacement cost, 5 Oct 2026: saroofing.ie
Master Roofing, gutter repair costs: masterroofing.ie