Gutters

[Zool]

I have never had any overflow even in the heaviest rainfalls and even in areas of my roof that collect runoff from several slopes. My wife used to laugh at me, because the worse the storm was the more likely it would be that I would go out and walk around my house looking at the gutters!

As you can see, the top is not flat and is said to establish a siphoning effect to actually pull water through it. The heavier the flow, the faster the water goes through. I can't find the specs right now, but it is said to handle huge volumes. I saw video demonstrations with overflow tanks cascading a heavy fall of water onto a roof portion with it installed. Very impressive. All the water went through in the first couple "ripples" of the screen. None even reached the outer edge. The same heavy flows on the helmet type solid covers can break the surface adhesion needed to carry the water through the reverse curve into the gutter

I have worked in several industries that sell equipment for process screens and filters. I understand how surfaces that look very closed can actually pass large volumes through them, even in atmospheric systems that are not pressurized. This thing really seems to work that way. I tend to research things to death, and by the time I decided on these I had no hesitations about any other design being better. I'm not saying I am right, or that others won't work as well or maybe better, but I was convinced these were the ones for me.

My only hesitation was long term clogging. Over years and years, would areas of the filter become clogged? They claim no, that the heavy rainfalls actually serve to unclog the holes. The clincher for me was that if it ever does clog, they will come and clean it or replace it anyway, and the warranty is directly from the manufacturer, not the installer.

Great info. Guess I'll be doing some additional gutter shopping in the spring.

[GrnBay007]

Ugh, still haven't decided and I need to by Sunday night. Gutters are going on Monday. Well, I could always have the screens put on later but they give you a bit of a discount when you do both at the same time. I hate making decisions like this for the house!!! One thing I never really thought about until someone at work mentioned it is how long I plan to stay at this house. In a perfect world (haha) I could see myself in a different house in 5-7 yrs.

[MadtownPacker]

Why didnt you find some border brothers to do it? Shit you could have gave ziggys email to one.

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says the man who doesn't need gutters on his adobe because he lives out in the middle of a desert

[MJZiggy]

Why didnt you find some border brothers to do it? Shit you could have gave ziggys email to one.

I don't need my gutters done thanks, but I am wondering whatever happened to the Costa Rican named Pollo (I know what it means--yet when I asked him who to write the check out to, he said Kevin???) who tiled my kitchen. The shower needs redoing.

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kevin the chicken

sounds like a reputable tiler

[3irty1]

Or you can get a gutter cleaning robot.

http://store.irobot.com/category/index.jsp?categoryId=3334470

[Patler]

Or you can get a gutter cleaning robot.

http://store.irobot.com/category/ind...goryId=3334470

I have one of those! The first model that came out from iRobot. One of my techy kids bought it for me for Christmas a while back. It worked "OK" if conditions were dry, but not very well if the material in the gutter was wet, with matted maple seeds for example. Sticks or twigs could cause problems, too. The biggest issue I had was that it would get caught under some of the nail and tube hangers used for installing the gutters. If the gutters are not straight, as old ones that have supported heavy snow and ice for years and years often aren't, one of the tracks would sometimes climb the gutter wall and it would flip on its side. Occasionally it would get hung up on the roof edge flashing that extends into the gutter, the track on that side would get wedged between the bottom edge of the flashing and the bottom of the gutter.

When it worked, it was really pretty neat; but it was frustrating when it didn't. I tried to make it work for several years, even repositioned some of the hangers, but in the end I quit using it. With my gutter covers it now sits in my shop collecting dust. Maybe the new model is better.

Incidentally, we (my kids included) are a big iRobot family. We have Roombas and Scoobas. The Scooba works great in our kitchen scrubbing the floor.

[GrnBay007]

Why didnt you find some border brothers to do it? Shit you could have gave ziggys email to one.

The border brothers here only do roofing and work at the Mexican restaurants we have.....from what I see. I must say the crew that worked on my sister's roof last fall were some cuties! I had to visit her a few times that week. It's weird though because you never see them out and about.....restaurants, bars, mall. Either they stay very secluded or they just work all the time. ?

[GrnBay007]

New gutters (without screens for now...maybe later) and new sump pump installed!! I finally feel safe putting new carpet in my basement! That storm and flooding last summer has put a fear in me. That was VERY costly.

[mraynrand]

Get your mind out of the gutters

[GrnBay007]

Get your mind out of the gutters

You know it's bad when you've had so much on your mind lately that it hasn't been in the gutter!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MJZiggy]

Get your mind out of the gutters

What the hell kind of fun would that be?

[MadtownPacker]

I don't need my gutters done thanks, but I am wondering whatever happened to the Costa Rican named Pollo (I know what it means--yet when I asked him who to write the check out to, he said Kevin???) who tiled my kitchen. The shower needs redoing.

I was talking about them cleaning out your guts not gutters.

[MJZiggy]

I was talking about them cleaning out your guts not gutters.

No, I'm not due for a colonoscopy for another few years, but thanks for thinking about my good health like that.