- Welcome to episode 10 of our Roofing Components playlist
where we do a deep dive into all the major components
of your roof system.
Today, we're gonna do a deep dive into gutters
and all the important information
that you need to know about them.
I'm Bill Ragan with Bill Ragan Roofing Company.
Thanks for watching The Roofing Channel.
Let's get started.
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What is the purpose of gutters?
A gutter system is designed to catch
all of the water that runs down off of your roof,
catch it and disperse it out onto the ground
where you choose to have it dispersed.
Without a gutter system,
all that water is just gonna drip right by your foundation,
and that's not gonna be good for your home.
There are areas in this country where a home
may not need a gutter system.
But for where we live here in the south,
most houses do have a gutter system
because you wanna make sure you control
where that water flows.
If you live in a part of the country that doesn't receive
that much rainfall per year,
then you might not need gutters on your home.
But for this part of the country,
we're gonna say, "Let's install gutters."
What are the types of gutters?
Let's talk about the three types of gutters
that we commonly see on homes.
The first one and the most common is gonna be a case style
or an OG gutter, and it resembles crown mold.
The next one is a half-round gutter.
They used to be just on farm houses,
but now a lot of homes are have it drawn
in the architecture for it to have the half-round gutter
with round downspouts.
The last one is, and it's kind of a commercial
or a more modern looking gutter, and it's a box gutter.
It has a little bevel on the bottom.
But other than that, it's just a box gutter
with square downspouts.
Gutters come in several different materials as well.
The most commonly used is a continuous aluminum gutter.
The next one is stainless steel.
We can use copper,
and also just a pre-finished steel as well.
All these materials, except for copper,
is gonna have a coating on the inside of them
just to make sure that the water does not hurt the material.
Gutters come in several different sizes.
They start out at a four-inch box gutter.
The case style runs five inch and six inch.
You can get a seven inch in case style
for an extreme circumstance.
Half-round gutters are normally six-inch gutters
for residential applications.
The size of the gutter really depends
on how much volume of water they're gonna be carrying.
A larger home is gonna need a larger gutter
because it's gonna have more water running off the roof
down into the gutters, where a smaller home,
you might could go with, say, a five-inch gutter
instead of a six-inch gutter
just because it doesn't need that large of a gutter
to carry that minimal amount of water.
Who installs your gutters?
Gutters are installed by a team of professional installers
that they're trained on how to install gutters.
Some roofing companies have a team of gutter installers
on their payroll.
Some roofing companies have a team
that they sub their gutter work out too,
but they've been using 'em for a while,
and that's quite okay as well.
Some roofers can install gutters, but unless you do it
every day, stick to the professionals
and let just a professional, trained gutter installer
install your gutters.
How much do gutters cost?
A five-inch case style gutter is gonna run you
around $8 a linear foot.
And a six-inch case style is gonna run
somewhere around 10 to $12 a linear foot.
Copper gutters are gonna run $40 a linear foot.
Half-round gutters are gonna cost
around $20 a linear foot for aluminum.
Box gutters, depending on the size,
start at $15 a foot, and for a larger commercial,
could run up to $28 a linear foot.
Now you know what you need to know about gutters.
To continue your education, click on the link below
and at the end of this video, and watch episode 11
in our Roofing Components playlist on chimneys.
I'm Bill Ragan with Bill Ragan Roofing Company.
Thanks again for watching The Roofing Channel.
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I'll see you on the next one.