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Noise from new gutters

  • 29-03-2013 11:48am
    #1
    Lassard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33 ✭


    About 6 weeks ago I had new plastic gutters installed. Today I've noticed that
    they are making a noticeable but intermittent "clicking" sound (I'm working in
    a bedroom directly under the gutter, at the front of the house).
    As they are black plastic, could this be due to them heating up from the sun, or possibly being blown a bit by the wind. I've checked from outside of the house & the clicking can be heard from my driveway.

    I'd be grateful for any opinions.

    Thanks


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  • #2
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,907 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    Lassard wrote: »
    About 6 weeks ago I had new plastic gutters installed. Today I've noticed that
    they are making a noticeable but intermittent "clicking" sound (I'm working in
    a bedroom directly under the gutter, at the front of the house).
    As they are black plastic, could this be due to them heating up from the sun, or possibly being blown a bit by the wind. I've checked from outside of the house & the clicking can be heard from my driveway.

    I'd be grateful for any opinions.

    Thanks
    Plastic gutters all do this, the black ones are worse for it.
    They expand and contract a large amount and in doing so they move in the brackets and make the cracking noises you hear.


  • #3
    amandstu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,960 ✭✭✭amandstu


    I get this all the time and it has always been down to the sunshine. Just check that the sun is shining (or has been shining recently) when you hear the noise.

    If it isn't (or hasn't) then I suppose it might be something else.


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