A Swale for Overflow Drainage20230124050150
A Swale for Overflow Drainage
A swale is an old English word for a shady spot, often nearby a sunken or marshy place. In its natural role it facilitates overflow run-off, mitigatin...
Eavestrough Expansion and Contraction20221222025506
Eavestrough Expansion and Contraction
All materials expand when they are warm, and contract when they cool. Steel gutters are less reactive than aluminum ones, while PVC plastic is most af...
How Gutter Corner Joints Can Leak20221122022411
How Gutter Corner Joints Can Leak
Seamless, aluminum gutter corner joints can leak, whether they are on inside or outside angles, for a variety of reasons. We discuss ways to avoid thi...
Snow Drifts Could Cause ‘Gutter Leaks’20221115040508
Snow Drifts Could Cause ‘Gutter Leaks’
We quite often get calls after snowstorms from people who think their new eavestroughs are leaking. However, it’s almost invariably the accumula...
The Right Gutter Size for Your Roof20221004045307
The Right Gutter Size for Your Roof
A decent gutter with the right cross-section and slope, should smoothly carry away all but the heaviest deluge of rain. However, if it overflows it ca...
Why Inspect Your Gutters This Fall?20220927005616
Why Inspect Your Gutters This Fall?
Fall is a good time to shin up a ladder, and check the roof and the gutters before the severe winter weather comes. That’s because harsh winds, snow a...
Are Eavestroughs and Gutters the Same20220913085947
Are Eavestroughs and Gutters the Same
We usually refer to eavestroughing as an entire system, comprising both the gutters and the down pipes draining them. However, we separate our quotes ...
Problems With Built-In Box Gutters20220824074410
Problems With Built-In Box Gutters
Conventional eavestrough design involves taking rainwater and snow melt from roofs, to where it can safely drain away. Keeping them clear is a wise pr...
Sloping the Streams Around Your Roof20220727114300
Sloping the Streams Around Your Roof
All water responds similarly to gravity and slopes. When we think about it, we realise our eavestroughs are like canals around our roofs. The valleys ...
How Eavestrough Screws Work Loose20220704213602
How Eavestrough Screws Work Loose
Did you ever wonder what keeps your eavestroughs from falling down? Well the truth is they attach to the ends of rafters protruding from the roof spac...