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Posted by gudi on September 10, 2008, 7:24 am
> I am having a re-roof done including new gutters and downspouts. The gutter
> guy came out yesterday and installed the gutters and downspouts.
> Some of the downspouts are not perpendicular. If I measure the distance in
> from the end of the house to the downspout, I get 7 inches at the top of the
> downspout and about 6 in at the bottom of the downspout, so about an inch
> difference, from a distance this is noticeable to the eye. This is a single
> story Ranch style home, so the downspouts are about 7 feet long.
> In other spots the distance is 1/2 or 3/4 of an inch.
> Besides visually not being straight is there any disadvantage?
> Screws into plastic anchors into the stucco hold the downspout straps in.
> Am I being anal? Should I just reposition them myself, or call the roofing
> company?
Since you checked it out after the roofer left, you could ask him to
redo the job to your satisfaction now, including a much smaller extra
payment.
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> guy came out yesterday and installed the gutters and downspouts.
> Some of the downspouts are not perpendicular. If I measure the distance in
> from the end of the house to the downspout, I get 7 inches at the top of the
> downspout and about 6 in at the bottom of the downspout, so about an inch
> difference, from a distance this is noticeable to the eye. This is a single
> story Ranch style home, so the downspouts are about 7 feet long.
> In other spots the distance is 1/2 or 3/4 of an inch.
> Besides visually not being straight is there any disadvantage?
> Screws into plastic anchors into the stucco hold the downspout straps in.
> Am I being anal? Should I just reposition them myself, or call the roofing
> company?