Q. I wrote to you recently about the gauge weight of 6-inch commercial gutters. As I write this, the crew is installing them, but another issue has arisen. All the work I mention is being done through ...
A – It sounds, at first blush, like you are having some 'drip edge' issues along that one little spot where the water is coming behind the gutter. A drip edge is a piece of metal, plastic or vinyl, ...
A. Typically the metal drip edge that is installed below the first course of shingle extends out enough to have the water drip straight down into the gutter. I have seen the drip edge installed wrong, ...
Q: I replaced three wood gutters; they lasted 40 years. Now, one of the 40-foot replaced gutters is leaking water like mad; water is gushing over the rear of the gutter. What's wrong, and how can I ...
Q. I have decided to add aluminum gutters to my home. The lack of them caused cascading rainwater to damage the lower portions of my exterior walls. There is a drip flashing in place that goes under ...
Q. The rains this summer are creating many headaches for us. A recent deluge has prompted me to get some help with two problems. We have a soil-erosion problem in the back of the house where there is ...
Q For several years, we have intermittently had a leak coming through our ceiling above the living room on our first floor. The water doesn’t drip though the ceiling; we just have a spreading brown ...
Q. I replaced three wood gutters; they lasted 40 years. Now, one of the 40-foot replaced gutters is leaking water like mad; water is gushing over the rear of the gutter. What’s wrong and how can I fix ...