How To Build A Yankee Gutter

But that step was just extra insurance.

How to build a yankee gutter.

Install a self drilling aluminum roofing screw that pierces and secures the flashing gutter and supporting strap photo 2 and 3. Set in a bed of caulk the yankee gutter board was set onto and screwed through the copper into the roof deck. Wood was used as an external element to construct the shell for the gutters while sheets of metal were used to line the interior. I always try to encourage preserving original elements even though it might be easier to eliminate the old method for something new and inexpensive.

Built in gutters the unseen roof drainage system was specifically chosen to be installed when the home was built thus is part of the original historic character. Reaching our gutters on the second story of our home required a 28 long extension ladder. Repair yankee gutters in 5 steps step 1. These gutters are built on the plane of the roof.

Lynn and todd swept debris away with a. Yankee gutters are constructed by nailing a 2 6 perpendicular to the roof plane parallel to and a few inches back from the eaves. A cant strip a triangular ripping of wood is attached along the inside bottom of the 2 6. There are occasions where water damage occurs and the whole gutter needs to be re built.

Next patch any. Each penetration through the copper eaves flashing was sealed by applying a blob of 50 year caulk on the under side of the board or bracket where the screw would penetrate. Assuming that your roof and flashing are in place insert the rain gutter edge under the roof flashing then insert the j shaped supporting strap under the gutter as seen in photo 1. Ask this old house general contractor tom silva installs an alternative to a gutter when a traditional one does not work.

Yankee gutters can be very simple or ornate. Yankee gutters are also referred to as philadelphia gutters pole gutters flush gutters and standing gutters. Also make sure the contractor you choose replaces any dry or rotted wood inside the yankee gutter. Subscribe to this old house.

Prepping the gutters requires carefully cleaning away any debris. House flipping brothers dave and rich show how to install gutters on a house. They are currently renovating a large lake house that required all new gutters.