Gutters - aluminum vs. vinyl
 

Any opinions on vinyl gutters vs. aluminum?

In case it matters, this is for Central Florida, where the sun is fairly intense
and in the summer we're prone to many thunderstorms with large volumes of rain
(generally short periods of heavy rain vs. extended periods of lighter rain).

I'm looking to put these gutters only in certain areas of the house where rain
is causing problems.

Price is not really a factor. Vinyl is a little cheaper but not enough to make
a difference if aluminum is really better.

"Apropos" wrote in
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Any opinions on vinyl gutters vs. aluminum?

In case it matters, this is for Central Florida,
where the sun is fairly intense
and in the summer we're prone to many thunderstorms
with large volumes of rain
(generally short periods of heavy rain vs. extended
periods of lighter rain).

I'm looking to put these gutters only in certain
areas of the house where rain
is causing problems.

Price is not really a factor. Vinyl is a little
cheaper but not enough to make
a difference if aluminum is really better.



If you might ever had to put a ladder against it, use
vinyl. Al deforms and it's a devil to get it to look
right again.

I agree.

Actually, as it stands, my only question is really if there's ANY reason to use
aluminum. Vinyl is cheaper, doesn't dent, paint doesn't scratch off. About my
only concern for it would be if it tends to deteriorate in the Florida sun


"Pop" wrote in message
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If you might ever had to put a ladder against it, use
vinyl. Al deforms and it's a devil to get it to look
right again.

Have you priced all components needed for the vinyl gutters? They require a
ton of little overpriced pieces of hardware and when you add it up aluminum
seamless gutters are probably cheaper.


"Apropos" wrote in message
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Any opinions on vinyl gutters vs. aluminum?

In case it matters, this is for Central Florida, where the sun is fairly
intense
and in the summer we're prone to many thunderstorms with large volumes of
rain
(generally short periods of heavy rain vs. extended periods of lighter
rain).

I'm looking to put these gutters only in certain areas of the house where
rain
is causing problems.

Price is not really a factor. Vinyl is a little cheaper but not enough to
make
a difference if aluminum is really better.

I live in Texas (same heat or higher) and used vinyl gutters about 12 years
ago and I had a problem with sagging during the summer. I think they start
looking shabby sooner. At my current house I used 6 inch aluminum to handle
Thunderstorm rains (high volume) and the seem to work better and after 2
years still look very good. I installed a ladder crossbar extension to
avoid damaging the gutters. I have actually set my ladder against them (in
the back) and had no damage ( I weigh about 200lb).


"Pop" wrote in message
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"Apropos" wrote in message
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Any opinions on vinyl gutters vs. aluminum?

In case it matters, this is for Central Florida, where the sun is fairly
intense
and in the summer we're prone to many thunderstorms with large volumes of
rain
(generally short periods of heavy rain vs. extended periods of lighter
rain).

I'm looking to put these gutters only in certain areas of the house where
rain
is causing problems.

Price is not really a factor. Vinyl is a little cheaper but not enough
to make
a difference if aluminum is really better.



If you might ever had to put a ladder against it, use vinyl. Al deforms
and it's a devil to get it to look right again.

No, I haven't priced ALL the components yet. However I didn't see where the
little components were excessive or pricey. I'll have to look again.

I saw another post about sagging with vinyl. I'll have to consider this.

I also wish there was such a thing as a downspout "Y" connector because I have a
little 3' segment which is 6" lower than the long segment and the only place to
bring the downspouts down is this corner. I don't want to have 2 downspouts
only 3' apart



"Art" wrote in message
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Have you priced all components needed for the vinyl gutters? They require a
ton of little overpriced pieces of hardware and when you add it up aluminum
seamless gutters are probably cheaper.

"Apropos" wrote in message

I also wish there was such a thing as a downspout "Y" connector because I
have a
little 3' segment which is 6" lower than the long segment and the only
place to
bring the downspouts down is this corner. I don't want to have 2
downspouts
only 3' apart

Tin snips. Anything can be connected to anything.