Great timing. We just signed a contract to get gutters and guards installed. The "100% no clog" option ended up being just under $6400 installed. We have a walkout ranch home with a very convoluted roofline, so that added a lot of linear feet and a bunch of two-story downspouts.
Gutters!
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k0ua
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For $6400 I could clean gutters for a long time. I think these professional gutter installations are a big rip off. Do it yourself for a few hundred. So what if it is not a continuous topper... you don't notice the 4 foot sticks.
Our home is surrounded by tall white pines that drop enormous quantities of needles. Between our extremely busy work schedules and with the twins on the way we have better ways to occupy our time than cleaning gutters.
And we're in the middle of extensive home renovations (every surface on both floors that isn't tile or stone is getting touched). Originally, we had a three year plan. Now, my wife wants it all done before the twins are born. I can't add more projects to the docket right now.
zombie
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It's too much work to go out every month in a rain storm because it rarely stops raining here in the winter.
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I'm very pleased with the gutters and downspouts I installed in Austria...
Copper half pipe with forged copper brackets and 4" copper downspouts...
It's been 30 trouble free years... hoping for at least another 70
Copper half pipe with forged copper brackets and 4" copper downspouts...
It's been 30 trouble free years... hoping for at least another 70
ultrarunner
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I'm very pleased with the gutters and downspouts I installed in Austria...
Copper half pipe with forged/cast copper brackets and large copper downspouts...
It's been 30 trouble free years... hoping for at least another 70
Similar to these....
Euro Copper Double Curled Fascia Hanger - Gutter Supply
Euro Copper Gutters | Half Round Gutters - Gutter Supply
Copper half pipe with forged/cast copper brackets and large copper downspouts...
It's been 30 trouble free years... hoping for at least another 70
Similar to these....
Euro Copper Double Curled Fascia Hanger - Gutter Supply
Euro Copper Gutters | Half Round Gutters - Gutter Supply
prichard
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I love the look of copper gutters, but with the copper thieves around here I'd be afraid they'd be stolen within a day of installation.
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I've thought about that... at least it has not been a problem in Austria with the home empty much of the time...
They do look good and last... and I really like the half pipe design so the entire flow is not impeded.
Overthere... copper has really the only gutters that are commonly found...
Maybe a fence charger would be a deterrent?
They do look good and last... and I really like the half pipe design so the entire flow is not impeded.
Overthere... copper has really the only gutters that are commonly found...
Maybe a fence charger would be a deterrent?
