Gutter Work Takes the Stage

Yesterday we got our gutters. A Mennonite company from Spanish Lookout did the work.

The Gutter Guys Arrive

Denver Koop and his crew worked fast and efficiently with their fancy trailer-mounted extrusion machine.

Ready to Go To Work

Denver did the gutters for Connie and Greg's house and he did the gutters for Robert and Lynn's Almond Tree Inn. And, he did our house.

Ladders Up Measuring Beginning

For some reason, hanging over the edge of a roof gives most people a somewhat unsettled sort of feeling. Here's Denver taking his chances measuring the roof.

Caution Rules the Day

With the roof measured, the sheet aluminum is fed from the roll into the machine. It promptly begins spitting out formed gutter in whatever length you need.

Once It Starts...

...It Goes Quick

And man, does it kick it out. Here's the first 48 feet.

It's Long From One End

To the Other

Then Denver takes his templates, scores the edges, and proceeds to cut away material to make the corners and the downspout holes.

Working With the Templates

Forming a Corner

A little closer view of the corner being formed.

Screwing It Securely

Bending a Flange

Viola! The Corner Is Made

Installing the Downspout

Once the pieces are made, they're carried over to be positioned for lifting up to the roof.

Not Such A Heavy Load

Ready To Hoist

And, right away the pieces all end up on the roof.

All Four Sides Are On The Roof

Then comes the tricky part. At least it seemed to be to me. They made it look easy. And it did go fast.

Positioning The First End

Fastening The First End

On To The Next Piece

Fastening the long pieces really seemed to go fast

Fastening the Final Bits

Then they were done and gone. I still have a bit of work to do. I have to supply and connect the verticle downspouts. I'll be using 3" PVC pipe for that. I'll connect one drain directly to the drain pipe going to the other drain pipe we ran to the canal. The back downspout, I'll temporarily run to the French drain along the back, until I get my Rotoplas cistern and hook that all up.

Final Positioning of the Last Big Piece

Friday Dianna's car came back. It took a long time, partly communications errors with Rick the mechanic and partly it took a long time to locate a windshield to replace the broken one... Remember the beer bottle through the windshield?

Dianna's Car Aft View

Dianna's Car Forward View