New Gutters

While we were working on concrete repairs, the gutter people came to put up our new gutters. They rolled out each new strip of gutter and assembled all of the braces and flashing before attaching it to the house. This photo shows the longest straight run on our house: 38 feet.

Two men attached the gutter to the house. A third installer worked on downspouts and sealed the gutter corners.

Here's a wide angle shot of the rear of our house with the gutters finished. Did I mention: we also have a new roof now. It's aluminum shingles, designed to look like grey slate. In this photo you can see the slightly raised up row of shingles that cover the intake vents. The exhaust vents are not visible at this angle but they're under the ridge cap shingles.

The next day they came back and installed the gutter caps. Those will keep out leaves and other debris, so I will never have to clean the gutters again.

Here's the view of the front of our house, with the new roof and new gutters. The concrete repair is still in progress.

This close-up of an inside corner shows how they handle the increased volume of water coming down a roof valley. First they cut two 22.5 degrees miters instead of a single 45 degree miter, then they added a flow deflector. It's a rubber mat with little bumps that will deflect a single stream of water into multiple smaller streams. Those smaller streams will not overwhelm the stainless steel screen that covers the top of the gutters.