Hello Folks,
In the far away past I installed new gutters in the garage since the old ones were missing in action. And it has being long overdue to install new gutters where whole sections of the gutters are missing, install downspouts whereas old ones are missing, and also upgrade current smaller downspouts to larger ones (replace 2x3 by 3x4). Everything is aluminum, and some of the present gutters went though a process of discoloration (so, I was wondering the if white spray painting would help there).
First off, I live in an area surrounded by huge trees so there is an abundance of leaves on Fall. So the current small downspouts get clogged very often, thus to help reduce clogs I went ahead and install a larger downspout as shown below:
(old, smaller, cranky downspout)
(new downspout ready for deployment)
(new larger downspout installed).
In order to put new one together I used aluminum rivets and self-drilling screws. In spite of being small and having a small inlet, the old downspout had an oval inlet in the gutter that had one size larger than the new overall larger rectangular inlet that I installed for new downspout which then created a little gap that was simply filled with exterior caulk but also was covered by the larger downspout itself.
At the other extreme of the house there is a whole section of gutters that was ripped off a long time ago. So, I trimmed part of it with snippets and dry fit an outside miter to go around the corner.
But the thing about the downspout at this end is that it is going underground as shown below:
I was wondering if this one is going to the storm water system. Any insights appreciated.
thks
In the far away past I installed new gutters in the garage since the old ones were missing in action. And it has being long overdue to install new gutters where whole sections of the gutters are missing, install downspouts whereas old ones are missing, and also upgrade current smaller downspouts to larger ones (replace 2x3 by 3x4). Everything is aluminum, and some of the present gutters went though a process of discoloration (so, I was wondering the if white spray painting would help there).
First off, I live in an area surrounded by huge trees so there is an abundance of leaves on Fall. So the current small downspouts get clogged very often, thus to help reduce clogs I went ahead and install a larger downspout as shown below:
(old, smaller, cranky downspout)
(new downspout ready for deployment)
(new larger downspout installed).
In order to put new one together I used aluminum rivets and self-drilling screws. In spite of being small and having a small inlet, the old downspout had an oval inlet in the gutter that had one size larger than the new overall larger rectangular inlet that I installed for new downspout which then created a little gap that was simply filled with exterior caulk but also was covered by the larger downspout itself.
At the other extreme of the house there is a whole section of gutters that was ripped off a long time ago. So, I trimmed part of it with snippets and dry fit an outside miter to go around the corner.
But the thing about the downspout at this end is that it is going underground as shown below:
I was wondering if this one is going to the storm water system. Any insights appreciated.
thks
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