Alexandria project gallery
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What we did
- Old gutter screens removed
- 6 inch seamless gutters installed
- 6 inch Premier gutter covers installed
- Downspout with tip-up extension replaced
At a glance
- Roof
- Existing roof kept
- Colors
- White gutters with mesh covers
- Walls
- Blue-gray lap siding
- Setting
- Lakefront lawn
What you are looking at
A 6 inch gutter holds and moves noticeably more water than a 5 inch one. On a long, low roof that drains toward a deck, the bigger size helps keep a heavy rain from washing over the front of the gutter.
The old screens came off first. The new covers are a fine mesh over the gutter opening, and the close-up shows the mesh sitting on the white gutter just under the shingle edge.
The gutters and downspouts are white to match the trim and soffit. Looking up from the deck, you can see the gutter turning the corner of the eave and a downspout elbow dropping toward the ground.
On one side wall, a downspout runs down the blue-gray siding and out toward a curved paver walk. A tip-up extension at the bottom swings out of the way when the lawn is mowed.
The house sits on an open lawn above the lake, with a large gray composite deck, a dining set and two umbrellas out back.
The roof itself was not part of this job. The gray shingles you see in the close-ups were already in place.
Gutter covers do not make a gutter maintenance free, but they cut down on how often the troughs need to be cleaned out. On a lake lot with big shade trees nearby, that means fewer trips up a ladder in the fall, and less chance of a clogged gutter spilling water over the deck.
