This Old House Half Round Gutters

Round downspouts drain water more efficiently than rectangular ones.

This old house half round gutters.

Hanging them is not hard as long as you have a helper to lift and set the sections in place. K style gutters can be spiked or screwed to the fascia. The semicircular trough with its curled front lip or bead is a natural fit on traditional homes. The dark green aluminum gutters used here 2 75 per linear foot materials only were attached to the fascia with cast aluminum closed curl brackets 8 each which the homeowners spray painted antique gold.

Half round gutters 1900s 1960s half round gutters. Half round gutters were popularized in the early 1900s when metal roll machines came into regular use. But as more half round gutters are sold more machines will be made and the price of the machines may come down. Half round gutters rest in brackets screwed to the fascia.

Ours is priced at 39 000. So the price of half round gutters will also come down and more homeowners will buy them upscale opportunities nevertheless the primary market for half round gutters remains upscale residences. They are just as the name implies a half round design with either a single or double bead rolled edge for added strength. This technique is usually only used when there s no fascia board.

Connecting downspouts to buried drainpipes can help dry out a wet basement and soggy lawn. Goes best with round downspouts. Ask this old house the toh crew makes house calls to help homeowners with home improvement problems. But houses with big steep roofs or those located in climates prone to heavy downpours may need wider gutters and extra downspouts to keep rainwater from overflowing.

Park city rain gutter. Kevin lyons hayden lyons roofs of distinction replies. With dozens of hanger options available half round gutters can be installed on flat fascia slanted fascia no fascia exposed rafters no rafters crown molding and many many more. His company makes distinctive half round reproduction gutters which have been featured on several this old house tv projects.

Half round gutters are available in over twenty colors and materials including copper aluminum galvanized steel galvalume freedom gray copper and zinc. Copper half round gutters won t rust will last a lifetime and look great on traditional homes how to extend a downspout need to extend your downspout. Five inch k style gutters or 6 inch half rounds the most common residential sizes are able to handle the rainfall on most houses in most parts of the country. Another method calls for gutters to be held in place by straps fastened to the roof.

Screwed connections are stronger. I d recommend that you install traditional half round gutters in copper. 5 inch 26 gauge painted galvanized steel sections about 5 per foot.