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Gutter and eavestrough cleaning, roof clearing and ice-dam prevention. What is ladder work in the GTA, and what needs a licensed roofer.
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Kinds of roof and eavestrough work
The roof and eavestrough work jobs people book most. Open one to see what it covers and what it costs.
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Winterised, roof to ground
Troughs cleared and flushed, downspouts extended away from the foundation, and the outside taps drained before the freeze.
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No more ice dam
The overhang cleared now, and the attic looked at properly — because the ice is a symptom and the attic is the cause.
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Back from winter
Flashing and shingle edges checked, moss washed off and the troughs cleared of a season of grit.
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Selling in the spring
Roof and siding washed, troughs cleared and the streaking gone, so the listing photographs like a maintained house.
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Other things people post
Not what you came for? These are jobs Taskers pick up across the GTA — one post gets you offers on any of them.
Before the first snow
Gutters cleared, hoses drained and the walk ready, so December is not the first time anyone looks.
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Back on top of math
A weekly hour on the topics that slipped, worked through at the kitchen table or over video.
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Walked while you work
A midday walk on the days the office runs long, with a note on how it went.
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Flat-pack, standing up
The wardrobe, the desk and the bed frame built and levelled, with the cardboard taken away.
Post this taskWhat roof and eavestrough work actually costs here, and why
A roof in this climate does two jobs a milder market never asks of it: it sheds a winter of freeze-thaw, and it moves an autumn of leaves off the building before that water has anywhere else to go. Most of what goes wrong on a GTA roof is not the shingles failing. It is water that could not get away, either because the eavestroughs were full when the leaves came down, or because heat escaping the attic melted snow that then refroze at the cold edge.
Eavestrough cleaning — and Canadians say eavestrough at least as often as gutter, which is why this page says both — is the highest-value maintenance job on the list and the one most often skipped. A trough packed with maple leaves in November does not drain, water backs up under the shingle edge, and in February it freezes there. The window for doing it properly is short: after the leaves are actually down and before the first hard freeze, which in the GTA is usually a fortnight in late October or early November.
Ice dams are the specific failure this climate produces. Warm air leaks into an attic, melts the snow on the roof above it, the meltwater runs to the unheated overhang and freezes into a ridge, and everything behind that ridge backs up under the shingles and into the house. Chipping the ice off is the emergency response and it damages the roof; the actual fix is attic insulation and air sealing, which is why a roofer who talks about your attic before your shingles is usually the one worth listening to.
The licensing line here is about height and structure rather than a provincial ticket. Replacing shingles, repairing flashing, re-decking and anything structural is roofer work with the fall-protection equipment and insurance that goes with it — ask to see both and check they are current before anyone goes up. Clearing troughs, fitting guards, sweeping a roof clear of leaves, taking snow load off a low-slope section and washing down siding are ladder-and-labour work a competent Tasker does routinely, and Taskly does not check anyone’s cover, so ask about theirs directly.
What you can control is the calendar. Book the autumn trough clear before the rush rather than during it, get the attic looked at before winter rather than after the first ice dam, and have the spring inspection done while a small flashing repair is still small. Every expensive roof job in this city started as a cheap one somebody deferred.
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Local knowledge
Priced for how the GTA actually lives
Four things that change a roof and eavestrough work quote here, and nowhere else.
Freeze-thaw
Ice dams are a GTA failure mode, not a general one
Warm attic air melts roof snow, the meltwater refreezes at the cold overhang, and everything behind that ridge backs up under the shingles. Cities without our thaw-refreeze cycle simply do not generate this failure, and the fix is attic insulation rather than the roof itself.
A fortnight in autumn
The trough window is short and everyone wants it
Clearing has to happen after the leaves are actually down and before the first hard freeze — usually two weeks in late October or early November across the GTA. Booking either side of that crush is materially cheaper and no less effective.
Mature trees
Old Toronto streets fill a trough twice
The Annex, Leaside, Etobicoke and the older suburbs have full-grown maples over the rooflines, and those properties genuinely need clearing twice in a season where a new subdivision needs it once.
Snow load
Flat and low-slope roofs need clearing here
Row houses, additions and commercial low-slope roofs across the GTA accumulate a load that a steep pitch sheds by itself. Clearing it is routine winter work in this city and unheard of in most of the markets our category names came from.
What a Tasker can do here
- Clearing and flushing eavestroughs and downspouts
- Fitting gutter guards along the worst runs
- Sweeping leaves and debris off the roof surface
- Taking snow load off a low-slope roof
- Washing roof and siding to remove moss and streaking
Shingle replacement, flashing repair, re-decking and anything structural is licensed, insured roofer work.
Try nowWhat moves the price
- Linear feet of trough, and how many storeys up it is
- Roof pitch, and whether it can be walked or needs anchors
- How much debris is actually in the run
- Tree cover — a maple canopy means clearing twice, not once
- Time of season: the autumn fortnight is the peak
- Whether downspouts are flushed and extended as part of the job
Worth asking before you accept an offer
- Does this include flushing the downspouts, or only the troughs?
- How will you reach the second storey, and are you insured for it?
- Is the debris taken away or bagged and left?
- For an ice dam: are you treating the ice or looking at the attic?
- Is this quoted per linear foot or as a whole job?
- Will you take photos of the roof while you are up there?
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Questions
Frequently asked
GTA-specific answers to what people actually search for.
When should the eavestroughs be cleared?
After the leaves are actually down and before the first hard freeze — usually a fortnight in late October or early November here. Under mature maples, twice in the season rather than once.
Is it gutter or eavestrough?
Both, and Canadians use eavestrough at least as often. They are the same thing, and a quote that uses one word is not offering a different service from one that uses the other.
What actually causes an ice dam?
Heat escaping into the attic melts the snow above it; the water runs to the unheated overhang and refreezes into a ridge that backs everything up under the shingles. Chipping the ice is the emergency response. Attic insulation and air sealing is the fix.
Can a Tasker replace my shingles?
No. Shingle replacement, flashing repair and anything structural is licensed, insured roofer work at height. Clearing troughs, fitting guards, sweeping the roof and washing siding are the ladder-and-labour jobs a Tasker does.
Do gutter guards actually work?
They reduce how often you clear rather than removing the need. Under a full maple canopy they are usually worth it; on an open lot with little tree cover they often are not.
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