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Tekkie®

posted for all of us...

On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 20:28:57 -0600, wrote:

On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 21:03:33 -0500, wrote:

And using seamless aluminum gutters eliminates the rusting problem,
and makes it pretty simple to eliminate low spots too.
The guy that put mine up "levelled" it with a laser. Just aimed the
laser from the high point to the low point and made sure the trough
followed the beam

Thats if you want to pay big bucks to have someone install seamless. I
put up my own and it has seams. The laser level is a good idea though.

As far as aluminum, it will expand much faster than steel from ice. One
thing evryone seems to ignore is that it's not just a small puddle, it's
a spot that attracts debris, and that freezes and adds more ice and then
there are ice dams.... Heck, I've seen small trees growing in gutters if
people dont clean them.
That has nothing to do with the slope though.
As for the cost of seamless, I had mine installed for what it would
have cost me to buy the steeland pay myself 50 cents an hour to
install it - it was a total no-brainer. I could have done it in Platmo
or some other DIY plastic for less - but that stuff is all junk up
here in ice and snow country.
I put gutter guard on all of mine so I don't have to climb up and
clean the gutters every year.

+1 doubled

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Tekkie