How To Make Wooden Gutters

The gutter itself and the brackets that attach the gutter to the roof normally at the rafters.

How to make wooden gutters.

Making wooden rain gutters is an expensive undertaking with prices ranging from 11 to 20 per foot. Make wooden rain gutters to repair worn out parts or maintain the intent of the initial architectural design. Wood gutters were popular in the early 1900s before the price of aluminum fell and roll forming machinery brought our current gutters to market. Nail 1 inch thick.

Wooden rain gutters made from fat slowgrown norwegian pine. The gutters are fashioned from single straight tree trunk with a v or u. Nail each lookout to a rafter. So i had to make it up as i went along modelling my designs on gutters from a nearby building.

From this line measure 2 inches 51 mm and draw a second line parallel to the first. These two lines are fold lines as seen in photo 4. This should be done annually or better yet bi annually. These days you can retrofit the inside of wooden gutters with a metal liner.

Use tin snips to cut out the rectangle. Fit with a metal interior. Make sure to seal the outside all sides of your gutters when installed and re paint once every other year with a high quality paint or sealer. The gutters are for the roof over an old german applepress.

Wooden gutters need to be cleaned out thoroughly removing all debris that may have collected at least once a year. Cut mini notched rafters called lookouts from the 2 by 6 inch roofing lumber stock. The are just two parts to the traditional wooden gutter design. Builder scott mcbride recounts his time cleaning and rebuilding wood gutters including the advantages to wood gutters and the key to wood gutter longevity.

The largest part of maintaining gutters is keeping them clean. Thanks to kevin macleod for the music. The bottom edge of the lookout should rest on the top of the wall extending passed the outside face of the. Use the mallet to pound out the dents and wrinkles photo 3 then use the ruler and marker to draw a line 1 inch 25 mm from the left edge.

Cleaning wooden gutters every 6 months is an even better idea.