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Does anyone out there know if there is such a thing as a gutter that does not get torn off by sliding snow?
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wood gutters designed and built into the fascia
*Could you explain such a design in a little more detail please. Also the fascia is already finished and I don't want to remove it.
*When replacing my gutters, I used Plastmo gutters. This is a vinyl product from Denmark. Gutter hangers for the 6 inch half round gutter are made of very heavy steel, vinyl coated. If you have exceptional conditions, the hangers can be installed on shorted centers. Mine are on 28 inch centers and I think that snow and ice enough to take them out would just about take out the facia board that they are mounted to.BTW, I used the 4 inch (100 mm) down pipes and no leaves collect at the drops. Even big sycamore leaves sluice through.BJ
*I agree with Bee Jay, I live in an area that gets 250 plus inches of snow, the Plastmo gutters work great,even the plastic hangers are heavy duty and they also have good color retention won't fade with sunlight. The important thing is to set the gutter slightly below the slide travel of the snow, mine are set about 2 1/2 inches below the drip edge, haven't lost one to snow slide yet.
*I like the plasmo gutters too but the ice and snow took mine off last winter. The advantage is they are mostly salvagable and able to be re-installed - unblike aluminum, which would be all busted up.Wood gutters are about 7.50/foot plus installation. they should be designed and installed at conmstruction phase. More expensive for a house already built. You attach them to the rafter tails or subfascia. They take place of the center portion of the fascia with the back vertical potion of the gutter laying in the same plane as the fascia, basicly. You add about two inches of 1x fascia and some scotia below it and whatever more 1x above to the shingles. This is well caulked to the wood gutter. seams, drops, corners, and ends are flashed with lead and small nails. From the ground it looks like a cornice trim molding. Before installing I treat the wood inside with two coats of boiled linseed oil while still dry and on the benches. It's a whole lot easier than whjile on the ladder and the gutter has a pile of crud starting to grow already. they are usually made of clear doug fir or cypress wood.
*Gutters with snow guards above them!Jeff
*I'm on the way to buy some!
*thanks for the info
*Is this what we're talkin about?
*If you want good snow guards - try these guys.
*any good gutter system well hung will survive normal snow and ice..BTW.. normal centers for gutter hangers are 2' oc...not the 3 or 4' you usually see..also... tube and nail will not usually survive anything... good fascia hangers---screwed in.. oor roof hangers are what you should be looking for....b but hey, whadda i no ?
*Those Plamo hangers in my photo are on 19-3/8" centers. The hangers held but the slow glacial action coming off a metal roof was irresistable. It deformed the gutter enough to unsnap. Snow gaurds would stop the glacial slide.
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Does anyone out there know if there is such a thing as a gutter that does not get torn off by sliding snow?