On Jan 12, 10:02*am, Jimw wrote:
On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:00:38 -0500, "badgolferman"





wrote:
Jimw wrote:

On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:32:17 -0500, "badgolferman"
wrote:

My house has copper gutters. *They are green of course but they are
obviously old and quite solid compared to aluminum gutters. *The
vertical section that brings water down to the ground has a hole in
it that lets water escape.

How would you repair this hole?

Without seeing the hole, I'd say use JB Weld on a small hole, or
solder on a piece of sheet copper if hole is big. *How did the hole
get there? *Large bird with sharp beak?

Don't really know. *Bought the house in July and it was there then.
It's about a quarter in diameter.

For a 1/4" hole, I'd just use JB Weld and put a copper penny over the
hole. *JB Weld is strong stuff and the penny will match. *If the
gutter is still on the house, use Quick Dry JB Weld and hold the penny
on with some duct tape till it drys. Or you could solder the penny on
if you're handy and have a large soldering iron and lots of flux.

If you use an OLD penny. (pre-copper clad zinc...)

I'd still probably buy a small piece of sheet copper. If nothing else
the scraps can be used to back up welds in sheetmetal so you don't
blow through/put a big glob on the back of your panel.

nate