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Posted by Art on June 23, 2008, 1:19 am
I second the recomendation agains PVC gutters. The gutters seem cheap but
they get you on all the joints and other details. And they are ugly when
done. Did it once.... big mistake.
If you have a lot of leaves and crap falling in gutters, consider Leafguard
gutters. They work for hard woods and pine. Mine have been up 10 years and
are perfectly clean. Expensive though.
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I own a Ranch style home on the SF Peninsula
>>
>> The home was built in 1954. The roof is comp shingles and since it's
>> a ranch style home the roof doesn't have much of a pitch.
>>
>> I need a new roof and plan on starting to get some estimates.
>>
>> I plan on painting the home afterward.
>>
>> I have two questions.
>>
>> # 1 What material should the gutters be? Does it make sense to get
>> white pvc, I will never have to worry about them rusting or painting
>> them.
>
> Copper is the best, but you'll need another mortgage.
>
> Seriously, stay away from the plastic gutters. Hail shatters them. They
> get brittle as the plastic ages (UV light, you know), and the wind will
> break them. They'll also shrink and come apart at the joints. Oh yeah--
> the joints have rubber gaskets that fail.
>
> Get aluminum gutters factory-painted they color you want. Get the
> seamless gutters. A truck will bend them from flat sheet metal in your
> driveway. No leaks. Pay for the oversized downspouts; they don't plug up
> as easily.
>
>> #2 When should I have the gutters installed before or after painting.
>> I was thinking that when they paint the eves that they will spray
>> the eves and there will be overspray all over the backside of the
>> gutters? The rest of the home I plan to roll.
>
> Put on the gutters last. It's good to have the fascia painted. That's
> hard to do when the gutters cover it.
>
> --
> Steve Bell
> New Life Home Improvement
> Arlington, TX
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