As you might have guessed, no ordinary gutter would do for our new house. Through JB Gutterman in Errington, BC we found beautiful, functional galvalume gutters and hauled them home on our truck. Each piece of gutter was 24 feet long. We used our extension ladder extended to 22 feet to make a stable platform to carry the gutters back to Sointula. Since we know the street side will be stunning with the addition of shingle art we knew that the gutter would also become a feature. We're very happy with our choice. Here's how it went...
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Laying each piece out to check length and make necessary cuts. |
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Cutting with a handy Dremel tool. |
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Creating a circular hole for a downspout |
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Jim pre-calculated the spacing; we drilled holes and installed the brackets evenly, making use of the scaffold to do so. |
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The gutter slipped into place fairly easily. It's sloped slightly down from the centre to encourage water to drain. |
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Each bracket is clamped into place to secure the gutter. |
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Yep - finishing up even as darkness is upon us. |
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Done! Gutters installed! |
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Our temporary drainage system to take the water away from the house. |
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We added more drainage at this end. We also extended the porch to create more outside work space
and for 12' lengths of drywall to be delivered easier. |
Since we've been in Sointula we've experienced some high winds and lots of rain but the warmth and friendships we've created and fun while building our house in this wonderful place make it all so worthwhile.
A future blog will feature the creating of our soffits from start to finish.
Until then...
Jim and Tricia Bowen
tandjbowen13@gmail.com
splashy indeed - save that water - drought is coming in the summers.
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