Check This Out… A Gutter Strong Enough To Hold Two Grown Men!

No, you’re not seeing the classic gag that people pull off every April Fools’ Day. Nor are you looking at a design test for the common Christmas decoration of Santa hanging off a gutter: click this link to see two grown men doing pull-ups on a gutter system they’ve just installed.  It’s actually a demonstration of how much weight a gutter can take, and it’s pretty impressive on its own.  But it’s also an illustration of why testing is important … and how your gutter is only as good as the way it’s installed. Read more

Seamless Gutters: Are They Worth The Cost?

Sectional versus seamless: it’s an ongoing argument.  But there is one fact about seamless that you can’t dispute: unless you plan on buying a $20,000 machine and going into the gutter installation business, you’ll need to hire a contractor to install them, and that means seamless gutters cost more.  But is that cost really worth it?

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