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Protect your home with a gutter system from Roof Max!
Protection
Many homeowners do not realize the importance of installing new gutter systems. By collecting and carrying water safely away from the home, properly installed gutters protect the home in many ways.
- Foundation problems – Problem gutters can dump gallons of water directly onto the ground next to the foundation of a house. This water can cause or complicate existing foundation settlement problems.
- Landscape washout – Few things are more frustrating than watching the beautiful landscaping that you spent hundreds or thousands of dollars installing, get washed away because of poor rain drainage.
- Undermined driveways, patios, and walkways – Excess water draining or accumulating near the house can erode the soil underneath driveways, patios, and walkways. As this underlying soil is washed away, so is the support provided for the driveway, patio, or walkway. The end result can range anywhere from settling or cracking to a complete collapse.
- Damaged fascia, soffit, or outside wall - Non-existent, leaky, or poorly installed gutters can damage a house’s structural integrity by allowing water to penetrate and damage the fascia, soffit, or the actual framing of the house – causing thousands of dollars in damage.
- Termite colonies - Because termites need water to reproduce and thrive, gutters that dump excess water near the house encourage termite infestation.
Seamless Aluminum: Lower cost, but still a high value addition to any home
All homes need rain gutters, so make sure that the system you are using is both the best designed and the best
engineered system on the market – but also make sure that it represents the best value for money.
Aluminum gutter systems can do just that. Aluminum gutters have many advantages over other gutter systems:
- Aluminum is a very durable material that will not rust or corrode under normal use
- Aluminum can be painted in a range of colors that allows for color coordination with roofs other design requirements
- Aluminum gutters are very light and therefore require no special support structures
- Aluminum gutters are very friendly on the homeowner’s budget
So what exactly is a “seamless” gutter – and why are they better? Well as the name implies, seamless gutters eliminate the seams commonly found in sectional gutter systems. In a traditional, sectional gutter system (i.e., installed using pre-formed lengths of aluminum gutter) if the length of gutter needed exceeds the length of a pre-formed gutter section (which it usually does), multiple sections need to be hooked together until the full length is reached. Every time 2 sections are connected, a seam is created – which also creates another opportunity for leaks to form.
In a seamless gutter system, this does not happen. Sure, there are still some joints, even in a seamless system (at each end for example), but by eliminating the seams within the length of the gutter run, the opportunities for leaks are also eliminated.
Standard 5″
5″ K-Style gutters are the industry standard for residential installations. Able to handle all but the largest roofs, 5″ K-Style gutters
can be seen on the vast majority of homes in the United States.
The professionals at Aero Roofing can custom-form your seamless 5″ aluminum gutters on-site to give you a flawless gutter system with a custom-crafted look, but at the budget-friendly cost that aluminum guttering is known for.
Standard 6″
If your home has a larger roof, 6″ K-Style guttering may be needed to accommodate the higher volume of rain that needs to be
diverted away from your home.
Unlike many gutter companies who only carry the standard 5″ gutters, Rain Gutter Specialties can custom-form 6″ K-Style gutters on site as well. Our installers know how to install this higher-volume gutter system so that your home is completely protected from water damage.
Copper Gutter
Copper gutters remove gutter systems from the realm of utility and transform them into architectural features that
are meant to be noticed. Copper gutters make a real statement as to how you think about your home and how you measure value. With each passing year, copper ages gracefully, developing a beautiful patina, yet it still retain its complete structural integrity so that
it may outlast many of the homes on which it is fitted. In Europe there are many homes that still have copper guttering systems that were first fitted hundreds of years ago.
The great thing about copper gutters is that they will never rust or rot. Copper is a metal that forms a natural renewable corrosion barrier, and it has the all the natural strength of metal to stand up to the elements better than any other material. Copper gutters may be more expensive initially but if you intend to build your home to last and if you or children will still be in the home in 10, 20 or 50 years then copper becomes a very smart investment. Once in place it will never need replacing. And don’t forget about the added value to your house on a resale basis and you will see that, as with many decisions made on the basis of quality, the long term benefits far outweigh the initial slightly higher cost.
Copper gutters, however, require very specialized skills and tools to install. It would be a big mistake to entrust such an important investment in your home to just anyone. If you want to make a statement by adding copper gutters to your home, make sure that you trust the professionals at Aero Roofing to do the job correctly.
Seamless Standard K-Style 5″ or 6″
When only the best will do, make sure you turn to the pros at Aero Roofing to install your new copper gutters – also available in the traditional 5- or 6-inch K-Style.
Copper gutters add a distinctive style and flare to your home that sets it apart from homes with traditional aluminum gutters. Copper gutters have a style that is immediately noticeable and recognizable. It adds a sense of visual appeal that can only be found with copper, as well as adding value to your home. Just sit back and watch as passers-by stop, and point out the beautiful gutters on your home.
Custom Box Gutters
Box gutters can be found on many older homes, multi-family dwellings, old stores, factories, etc. They were probably the most popular rain collection devices on structures built between 1880 and 1925.
A box gutter does not hang onto the edge of a roof or on the edge or side of a house as many modern pre-formed metal gutters do. A box gutter is actually built into the bottom of the roof or into the roof overhang, making it look more like part of the house as opposed to a gutter system.
The shape of the box gutter is created by a skilled carpenter as the shape and slope of the gutter is completely controlled by this craftsman. The sheet-metal trades person follows and simply shapes the metal to match the wood.
Because of the high degree of craftsmanship required for a custom box gutter system, make sure that you call the professionals at Aero Roofing to complete your job.
Downspouts
Properly Installed downspouts will protect your home!
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The guttersystem’s purpose is to contain rainwater flowing down the shingles and then channel it to the gutter downspout. The downspout then directs the water down to the ground. You really don’t need gutters on your entire roof. You actually want the water to fall off the roof with an even distribution so that the ground at all edges of the slab or foundation gets the same amount of water. This reduces your chances of the slab cracking due to saturated ground in one area, and dry, shrunken ground elsewhere.So now you’ve chosen the spots where a gutter would aid you and not jeopardize the slab or foundation. You’ve got all this rain water collected in the gutter downspout – what to do with it? You probably have a flower bed or garden near by; this is a perfect place to send the rain water. |
| SPECIFICATIONS
Downspout diameters are sized according to the roof area they drain. A rule of thumb used in the industry is that a 2×3 inch downspout will suffice for a 600 sq. ft. of roof, a 3×4 inch downspout for 1,200 sq. ft. of roof, and 4×5 inch downspout for 2000 sq. ft. of roof. The typical downspout size for a 5″ K-style gutter is 2×3 inches, but 3×4 inches is preferable because it is less likely to become clogged and is easier to clean out.
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