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Jim Joyce

On Sun, 16 Feb 2020 15:03:49 -0500, wrote:

On Sun, 16 Feb 2020 12:51:03 -0500, micky
wrote:

In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 14 Feb 2020 09:23:09 -0500, micky
wrote:

I need a new roof, or a repair of the old one

And one gutter has fallen down (for reasons I could explain) and bent a
lot and is not resusable, but the downspout is good. In the front, the
last two feet are sagging and need one or two gutter screws.
So one roofer says he wants to replace the whole thing, at least in the
back, because they're rusting. I say, it's aluminum. He says the
screws are rusting. That would have to be the screws for the one
downspout, which show no visible signs of coming loose. I haven't
looked to see if the heads are rusty but I don't think he did either.
Even if he uses a different brand of gutter, there is no problem
connecting new gutter to an existing aluminum downspout, is there?
If an aluminum downspout lasted 40 years, any reason it can't last
another 40?

This is becoming quite the soap opera !
I hope you post a few photos when the job is all done -
showing the mis-matched shingles over the mis-matched plywood
with the mis-matched gutter & downspout ...
Any _one_ of these _might_ be forgiven on the rear of
a townhouse .. done by a DIY'er .. but ...
most decent contractors don't want to have their trucks
visable at an ugly hack-job.
... unless you're hiring the cut-rate contractor who doesn't
have his business name or number on his truck ?
John T.

Years ago a neighbor hired some folks to remodel his kitchen and they
showed up every day in a Penske rental truck. He was just glad they showed
up. I don't know how the job turned out.