can anyone recommend a company for Galvanised guttering

Bodacious

Im looking for a 22ft section of 4" galvanised gutter and down pipe for a farm shed? can anyone recommend a company in Galway/Mayo


I need it to be galvanised as its by the sea (salt), I cannot use plastic as I wouldn't imagine it to be as robust or strong in a very windy/exposed location.


im hoping to harvest rainwater so nice clean guttering feeding into barrel to feed 2 drinkers on gravity feed

moy83

Newell roofing in Carnmore would be worth a shout . Is aluminium a no go for you ?

Conmaicne Mara

Bodacious wrote: »

Im looking for a 22ft section of 4" galvanised gutter and down pipe for a farm shed? can anyone recommend a company in Galway/Mayo


I need it to be galvanised as its by the sea (salt), I cannot use plastic as I wouldn't imagine it to be as robust or strong in a very windy/exposed location.


im hoping to harvest rainwater so nice clean guttering feeding into barrel to feed 2 drinkers on gravity feed

Use plastic.

Sisters partner is a builder and I only talked to him about this lately. I plan to put a gutter on the polytunnel. He didn't have any time for galvanized guttering.

To be fair, I don't think my location would be as exposed as your shed looked to be, as I will use the lowest most sheltered part of the farm. But, even on the top exposed part I'd go plastic, just use extra fixings.

Odelay

Bodacious wrote: »

Im looking for a 22ft section of 4" galvanised gutter and down pipe for a farm shed? can anyone recommend a company in Galway/Mayo


I need it to be galvanised as its by the sea (salt), I cannot use plastic as I wouldn't imagine it to be as robust or strong in a very windy/exposed location.


im hoping to harvest rainwater so nice clean guttering feeding into barrel to feed 2 drinkers on gravity feed

How will you fix/fasten it on? If it is galvanised as soon as you put a bore a hole it will rot there, will it be pre-drilled before galvanising? Zinc is only a skin, broken the rust will set in.

CJhaughey

I have Lindab guttering, its stronger than PVC, has no bad chemicals unlike pvc and doesn't expand and contract like plastic.
Its light and easy to fit as well.
Not sure if there is an Irish supplier but you could always get it from the UK.
http://www.drainageonline.co.uk/Guttering/Lindab-Rainline-Galvanised-Steel-Rainwater-System.htm

caseman

We use sewer pipe split in halve with the consaw alot cheaper and it's strong and will last.
If you put plenty of brackets an no wind will bring it.

monkeynuz

You could always try and get the zinc guttering like they use in France it will last for 50+ years. Normally soldered in situ.

biddy2013

www.eliteform.ie they deliver nationwide

td5man

biddy2013 wrote: »

www.eliteform.ie they deliver nationwide

Vested interest????

joejobrien

Get 6 inch sewer pipes or black ducting cut in half, I use a circular saw to cut ,gives nice control when cutting and one pipe gives 40 ft. cover. When cutting place it upon bench /trestel, you can follow the extrude marks, allowing both piecies to be uniform in size.
Advantage they can take torsion, wind, wide flow through then, no rust, giving you lifetime job.
We are finding galvanising guttering pitting badly circa. 10yrs thereabouts, all been replaced by diy guttering

Conmaicne Mara

While it wouldn't look awful tiday if you were really worried you could secure the guttering with galvaband as well as it's own fixings. Go nowhere then.

monkeynuz

What about copper?

biddy2013

td5man wrote: »

Vested interest????

nope, not anymore

moy83

monkeynuz wrote: »

What about copper?

Ah now , this is for a shed . Copper would be a bit pricey .

On the price aswell , if aluminium is an option it might be as cheap to get a local gutter man to supply and fit it , just make sure to tell him that you want a right strong job done , extra brackets will only be a few euros extra and there will be no joints if he runs it out on site

cjpm

I am NEVER again going to use Galvanised Guttering. Total waste of time. Beginning to rot after 15 years, rust spots are slowing down leaves etc and i have to clear it regularly. From now on all sewer pipes split in 2.

49801

I think plastic too.

Just put up 180ft of plastic. Very big roof so used hunter storm flo 200mm.
Very impressed with it. No mastic at all:)

One thing... Ordinary sewer pipe is not UV treated so should not be used for guttering.

Bodacious

moy83 wrote: »

Ah now , this is for a shed . Copper would be a bit pricey .

On the price aswell , if aluminium is an option it might be as cheap to get a local gutter man to supply and fit it , just make sure to tell him that you want a right strong job done , extra brackets will only be a few euros extra and there will be no joints if he runs it out on site

getting it down there in one piece seems to rule out the seamless gutter.. this shed is at the very bottom of the land,, farthest point from the road

epfff

cjpm wrote: »

I am NEVER again going to use Galvanised Guttering. Total waste of time. Beginning to rot after 15 years, rust spots are slowing down leaves etc and i have to clear it regularly. From now on all sewer pipes split in 2.

What do Ye use for brackets for the sewer pipe
How do you sort the down pipe

moy83

Bodacious wrote: »

getting it down there in one piece seems to rule out the seamless gutter.. this shed is at the very bottom of the land,, farthest point from the road

Onto the quad with it and be careful ?

hugo29

galvanised a waste of time in sea location Bod, marine grade stainless steel the only thing that will last against sea, and ya aint paying for that on a shed

copper, zinc, ud be the first farmer i seen with that style of gutter on a shed, most people cant afford it on a house.

try get mill finished aluminium , seamless in lengths to suit shed and snap brackets for fixing, dont damage the gutter as it will corrode at that point, its expensive, try kingspan for a standard high line gutter with mill finish,
if it was me, just get half round black pvc and fix well , cheap cheerful and will last

Conmaicne Mara

I still say plastic fantastic Fix it down real well and she'll go nowhere.

caseman

epfff wrote: »

What do Ye use for brackets for the sewer pipe
How do you sort the down pipe

Same brackets thats used for steel .
90 degree joints and sewer pipe are used for down pipes.

satstheway

We changed our 96 shed galv gutter last year it was rotten.
Put up hunter plastic with extra brackets. We are 60m from sea. Our 2001 shed also rusted through and is about a mile from the sea but gets clogged up often with leaves. Plastic all the way.

Bodacious

I ordered the 4" galvanised bevel gutters from Newell's in the end .. T piece brackets, 2stop end s.. Outlet and right angle to feed down pipe straight down into prob an ibc or barrel

hugo29

Bodacious wrote: »

I ordered the 4" galvanised bevel gutters from Newell's in the end .. T piece brackets, 2stop end s.. Outlet and right angle to feed down pipe straight down into prob an ibc or barrel

Ur wasting your money my good man,

Stavros Murphy

CJhaughey wrote: »

I have Lindab guttering, its stronger than PVC, has no bad chemicals unlike pvc and doesn't expand and contract like plastic.
Its light and easy to fit as well.
Not sure if there is an Irish supplier but you could always get it from the UK.
http://www.drainageonline.co.uk/Guttering/Lindab-Rainline-Galvanised-Steel-Rainwater-System.htm

Lindab are on the Nangor road in Dublin and are great to deal with - very reasonable prices and top quality. Plastic gutters are the way to go. The rest are either brittle, rust, madly expensive and still brittle and rust. It becomes like an obsession for "the best" when really, in a year or two, it will be forgotten, broken, or ignored.