How to Choose the Best Gutters for Your Next Rain Gutter Installation
August 05, 2021
Usually, homeowners spend a lot of time thinking about how to make their homes more beautiful. They spend hours choosing paint colors, furniture, or other décor. However, its necessary to consider rain gutter systems, especially when the rainy season is approaching. Having a
rain gutter installation before these few months come is essential for your home.
If you don't have a rain gutter system, rain water will cause innumerable problems that will require costly home repairs. Rain gutters are designed to collect rain water and redirect it away from your home's foundation.
Why do you need to have rain gutters? To protect your beautiful home. These are some of the consequential damages that can happen if your home is without rain gutters:
- Siding Damage: Water flowing along your siding is not good. This can leave dirt behind, fade the colors and wear off the paint. This obviously will force you to repaint or replace your siding.
- Roof Damage: Not having a proper rain gutter system will leave water with nowhere to go and begin soaking into your roof. This will eventually cause leaks into your house, damaging its structure.
- Flooding Basements: As rain gutter's objective is to divert water away from your home, when this system fails, water will go elsewhere. That place will probably be your basement. And if you don't take care of that as fast as possible, it can crack your foundation.
- Mold: As water seeps into your home, it creates the environment for mold growth. Mold can cause health complications such as breathing problems, fever, headache, watery eyes and more.
Water doesn't take long to cause visible and invisible damage to your house. Homeowners overlook water damage and ignore having rain gutters installed. When they realized how much they could help prevent those problems, it may be too late.
You might think rain gutters are ugly, but you're wrong. Custom rain gutters are one of the best options if you want to make your house look nice. You can select from a wide range of materials and models depending on what you're looking for. Custom rain gutters improve your home by modernizing it and, most importantly, preventing water damage. You decide how your custom rain gutters will be made. Once you have selected the ideal material for your new rain gutters, you then pick the shape of the rain gutter, making your custom rain gutters a unique feature of your home.
There is so much to consider when choosing new gutters, including shape, material, and cost. Here are some tips to help you choose the best gutters for your next rain gutter installation:
Consider Choosing Seamless Rain Gutters
Seamless rain gutters work much better than other designs and help ensure that your system doesn't leak or overflow during heavy rain season.
There are several different materials to choose from when customizing your rain gutters. Among the most popular are aluminum, copper, galvanized steel, and vinyl.
- Aluminum is the most popular choice; it is resistant to rust and is offered in a wide range of colors, which makes it the optimal choice for people who are looking to purchase something discrete.
- Galvanized steel is extremely resistant, but it has a less polished look and tends to stand out more.
- Copper is durable, yes. But it is likely the most expensive option.
- Vinyl is the least expensive choice, but less durable.
Rain Gutter Profiles
There are three basic types of gutter, and they're referred to by the shape of their cross section. Those types come in 6- and 7-inch widths.
- Half-round gutters: They are exactly what the name suggests—half-round tubes. They usually can be found on older or historic houses. They also have their benefits. These gutters have less chance of clogging due to their smooth inner shape and they are least affected by corrosion.
- K-Style Gutters: First, there are plenty of styles available for k-style gutters. Second, it is the most popular among most homeowners. These gutters get their name from the way they resemble a "K" when viewed from a side profile. Homeowners choose this shape because they are durable and easy to install. Plus, they are less prone to leaking and can hold more water than a rounded style gutter.
- Box Gutters: The name "box gutter" alludes to two basic traits: One is the square 'boxy' shape of the gutter itself, and another is the gutter's placement in a building, with the guttering system embedded in the roof (either on its edge or near its middle area) and running around its perimeter. Their esthetic value makes them the go-to solution when renovating historic buildings or during the construction of big business establishments.
Rain Gutter Installation
After choosing the type, material, and shape of rain gutter, you'll need to install them. It is not recommended to do it yourself. It is better to spend a little more money and have the professionals do it for you.
Installing rain gutters is one of the best things you can do to prevent major water damage. Luckily, they're are not very expensive, keeping in mind that the reparation costs will always exceed the cost of installing gutters.
If you're preparing for the next rainy season and need a rain gutter installation, we can help you! We have over 20 years of experience offering rain gutter installations in the county. You can call us at
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