Shipping & Crating Notice:

All gutter and downspout must be shipped by common carrier or freight. Due length restrictions, UPS or FedEx can not deliver gutter or downpipe.

Furthermore, all gutter and downspout requires crating to insure that your components arrive to you dent-free.

All gutter is shipped in either 10 foot or 20 foot sections. Please select the appropriate 10 foot or 20 foot crate when ordering your gutter system.

Gutter Material Considerations

1. What size gutter do I need? 5", 6", or industrial size?
   
2. What style of gutter best meets my needs? K-Style (most common), Half-Round, or custom?
   
3. What type of material is best? Aluminum (.027" or .032"), Copper (16oz., 18oz., or 20oz.), Galvanized Steel (26 gauge or 28 gauge) or PVC (varies)?
   
   
   
4. How many lineal feet of gutter needed? How many connectors or slip joints?
   
5. How many downspouts will be required and what size is best?
   
6. How may elbows needed per downspout? What degree bends should the various elbows be? 75º (most common), 30º (for exterior offsets)
   
7. How many pipe brackets or straps needed per downspout?
   
   
   
8. What type of hanger and the proper spacing should be used?
   
9. How many Outlets? What size and style outlet?
   
10. How many left and right endcaps?
    
11. How about corners or miters? Inside or Outside?
    
    
    
12. What type of hardware is required? Screws? Pop Rivets?
    
13. How much sealer or solder will be needed?
    
14. What about gutter protection product to prevent maintenance?
    (e.g. Leaf Pro MX, Gutter Cover, Solid Cover, Gutta Gard, etc.)
    
15. What downspout accessories required?
    (e.g. Rain Drain, Flexaspout, The Wedge, etc.)

Gutter System Overview:
gutter sections, slip joint or connectors (if necessary), hanger brackets (various types), endcaps (right or left for K style), outlets or drops (i.e. connects gutter to downpipe or leader), miters or corners (90º outside, 90º inside, 45º outside bay, 45º inside bay),downpipe or downspout (a.k.a. leader), elbows, pipe brackets or pipe straps, hardware (i.e. zip-in screws, pop rivets, hanger screws, gutter nails, and spikes), gutter sealer (i.e. seal endcaps, miters, slip joints, endcaps, and outlets), and touch up paint for aluminum gutters. Solder or Parbond® for copper and steel gutter.

Once you print out the above PDF planning form, read this section to help with important considerations in planning a complete rain gutter system.