How To Construct A Box Gutter

The old box gutters worked great in the day.

How to construct a box gutter.

Since they are not readily visible they typically don t alter the historic character of buildings and don t detract from or conceal decorative cornice details. Wood box gutters were the premiere gutter design for the drainage of rain water from roofs in the united states from 1890 to 1925 and can still be found on houses today. Some suggest 1 40 some 1 60. Advice varies on the rate of fall for the gutter.

Money is tight and i want to stop water from leaking into my house or side of building. Low and behold the box gutter is rotted out. We use lots of sketches and photos in our building surveys. I have build in box gutters.

I started by working out the width of the boards. The foundation of most box gutters is wood that is then covered with thin sheet metal such as tin copper lead stainless steel or some other metal that will not readily corrode. The most common profiles are half round k style box and brownstone gutters but we can also manufacture custom designed gutter liners and radius gutter liners. Box gutter sketch how to do it right.

Box gutters are actually built off of the rafters of the building they are not hung from the building as metal gutters are. 1stassociated co uk can provide help and advice with regard to building surveys structural surveys independent valuations property surveys structural reports engineers reports specific defects report home buyers reports or any other property matters. Some say repair while other roofers say replace them because repairs are short term. The esthetics of the box gutter hid the gutter from sight which was important during that time.

A slate tile roof connecting to the box gutter and then to the copper spouts. The shape of the box gutter is created by a skilled carpenter as the shape and. Want to create a box gutter to keep this passageway 4m long dry. What s the best way of lining it lead sounds like it s too heavy and slope may be insufficient to prevent 1500mm lengths overlapping from capilliaring water unless i solder which seems to defeat allowance for movement expansion from overlap.

Radius gutters or curved gutters can most times be manufacture to accommodate regular hangers or to have custom made hangers installed. A box gutter is actually built into the bottom of the roof or into the roof overhang. I was told my box gutters in the back is bad. I would make support boards from 18mm osb.

My house is about 2300 sq. Built in gutters also referred to as box gutters are considered a concealed roof drainage system.