Plastic Or Steel Gutters?

mikefoxo

We need to replace the gutters on one of the sheds. The original steel ones are rotten and broken over from the snow. Should we go for more steel ones or plastic ones? Would they hold up if a heavy snow fell?

endacl

Sorry. I read you're title as guitars! So, neither. Unless you're planning on playing some tasty slide, in which case I'd go for steel.

So, no help, but I hope I raised a smile!

whelan1

www.eliteform.ie

yellow50HX

mikefoxo wrote: »

We need to replace the gutters on one of the sheds. The original steel ones are rotten and broken over from the snow. Should we go for more steel ones or plastic ones? Would they hold up if a heavy snow fell?

Plastic, you can get high volume versions.

http://www.corkplastics.ie/products/RainwaterSystems/XtrafloSemiEllipticalGutterFittings#.UcdpN8u9KSM

caseman

I replace all old stell gutters with sewer pipe split down the middle ,cheap and do the job ,E25 for a 12 meter lenght
Thier stronger than any plastic gutters you can buy.

grange mac

caseman wrote: »

I replace all old stell gutters with sewer pipe split down the middle ,cheap and do the job ,E25 for a 12 meter lenght
Thier stronger than any plastic gutters you can buy.

Thats what I done last year...all I needed was an angle grinder to split them. I got galv steel brackets as plastic would not hold weight of snow.

aidanki

114mm the biggest you can get in plastic?

have some 6" steel ones to replace, mind you I also see some 170mm in the pdf that is downloadable

darragh_haven

aidanki wrote: »

114mm the biggest you can get in plastic?

have some 6" steel ones to replace, mind you I also see some 170mm in the pdf that is downloadable

Cork plastics do a 150 mm wide gutter and it's 100mm deep. It'll take water of a very large roof no problem, high volume gutter

49801

go with the plastic. much easier to erect and kinder to your wallet.
you do need to use more brackets to stop it sagging but thats not a big deal

this lad is worth an enquiry if your in the cork area.
http://www.cksouthernpiping.com/guttering/

he has a 12" (30cm) if your really care to go that big.

use lots of brakets and get your levels and falls right!
if you have trees filling your gutters with leaves cut them down!

aidanki

darragh_haven wrote: »

Cork plastics do a 150 mm wide gutter and it's 100mm deep. It'll take water of a very large roof no problem, high volume gutter

ok thanks funny feeling the existing one is 6" deep, and the gutter is protecting the timber from the rain

whats the best way of protecting the 2" of timber which will now be exposed to the weather?