The saga of my son's summerhouse continues. He has fitted the shingle
roof over the leaky wooden original, so now he needs the gutters to
dispose of the now-external water.

He went to Wickes and bought some brown Miniline 76mm gutter, but they
didn't sell any 135degree corner pieces.

He went online and found this (or something exactly similar) also called
76mm miniline

http://tinyurl.com/o4cx9jo

When you push the gutter into the corner piece, it is loose. Is this
right? I thought it should clip together. Have we missed something
obvious?

Alternatively, it looks to me that, if some of the rubber seal could be
stuck to the outside of the gutter, it would make a tight fit. Is self
adhesive rubber seal of this type sold?
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Bill

Bill laid this down on his screen :

When you push the gutter into the corner piece, it is loose. Is this right? I
thought it should clip together. Have we missed something obvious?

Alternatively, it looks to me that, if some of the rubber seal could be stuck
to the outside of the gutter, it would make a tight fit. Is self adhesive
rubber seal of this type sold?

You position the gutter over the corner piece, hook it under a clip at
one side molded into the corner piece, then snap it into the opposite
clip. The black line on the white item, is the rubber seal - no other
seal is needed.

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Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

In message , Harry
Bloomfield writes
Bill laid this down on his screen :

When you push the gutter into the corner piece, it is loose. Is this
right? I thought it should clip together. Have we missed something
obvious?

Alternatively, it looks to me that, if some of the rubber seal could
be stuck to the outside of the gutter, it would make a tight fit. Is
self adhesive rubber seal of this type sold?

You position the gutter over the corner piece, hook it under a clip at
one side molded into the corner piece, then snap it into the opposite
clip. The black line on the white item, is the rubber seal - no other
seal is needed.

Well, he asked me to try it and that's exactly what I did, but the
gutter is a very slack fit in the corner piece.
Assuming the gutter is attached to the summerhouse wall, the corner
piece will hang there about 1mm below the gutter, leaving a gap.

He was saying that he had plenty of sealant, but it just doesn't seem
right.

Could one 76mm be internal height , the other external and different
manufacturers?

--
Bill

"Bill" wrote in message
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In message , Harry
Bloomfield writes
Bill laid this down on his screen :

When you push the gutter into the corner piece, it is loose. Is this
right? I thought it should clip together. Have we missed something
obvious?

Alternatively, it looks to me that, if some of the rubber seal could be
stuck to the outside of the gutter, it would make a tight fit. Is self
adhesive rubber seal of this type sold?

You position the gutter over the corner piece, hook it under a clip at one
side molded into the corner piece, then snap it into the opposite clip.
The black line on the white item, is the rubber seal - no other seal is
needed.

Well, he asked me to try it and that's exactly what I did, but the gutter
is a very slack fit in the corner piece.
Assuming the gutter is attached to the summerhouse wall, the corner piece
will hang there about 1mm below the gutter, leaving a gap.

He was saying that he had plenty of sealant, but it just doesn't seem
right.

Could one 76mm be internal height , the other external and different
manufacturers?

--
Bill

You do realise that different manufacturers products are often
non-interchangeable?
Some can be "persuaded" others not.

It should be a tght fit.

In message , harryagain
writes
You do realise that different manufacturers products are often
non-interchangeable?
Some can be "persuaded" others not.

It should be a tght fit.

Well, he hasn't found anywhere locally that will sell him 135deg corner
pieces, so we will either have to get 2 metre lengths of guttering by
post or find some of the rubber gutter-sealing section to stick on the
outside of the gutter he already has.

This brings back the question of whether this rubber seal, or something
squishy and rated for external, is available. I suppose big gobs of
sealant would do.
--
Bill

At the risk of stating the obvious.....

Maybe somewhere locally will sell him some guttering that's compatible with the 135 deg bits he has already?

Jim K

In message , JimK
writes
At the risk of stating the obvious.....

Maybe somewhere locally will sell him some guttering that's compatible
with the 135 deg bits he has already?

And no doubt he'll add that to the list of tasks already provided for
Dad to do.

I don't remember seeing much brown mini guttering in the sheds round
here, but then I've never really looked.
--
Bill

In message , Bill
writes
In message ,
JimK writes
At the risk of stating the obvious.....

Maybe somewhere locally will sell him some guttering that's compatible
with the 135 deg bits he has already?

And no doubt he'll add that to the list of tasks already provided for
Dad to do.

I don't remember seeing much brown mini guttering in the sheds round
here, but then I've never really looked.

JimK was right.

For the record, Wickes 76mm guttering is not compatible with B & Q's
76mm guttering. The B & Q stuff matches what he bought online.
--
Bill

You're a gentleman sir.

Jim K