How To Make Wooden Gutters

These days you can retrofit the inside of wooden gutters with a metal liner.

How to make wooden gutters.

Fit with a metal interior. Wood gutters were popular in the early 1900s before the price of aluminum fell and roll forming machinery brought our current gutters to market. Making wooden rain gutters is an expensive undertaking with prices ranging from 11 to 20 per foot. Thanks to kevin macleod for the music.

How to make wood gutters. Use tin snips to cut out the rectangle. The gutter itself and the brackets that attach the gutter to the roof normally at the rafters. Cut mini notched rafters called lookouts from the 2 by 6 inch roofing lumber stock.

Cleaning wooden gutters every 6 months is an even better idea. This should be done annually or better yet bi annually. Use the mallet to pound out the dents and wrinkles photo 3 then use the ruler and marker to draw a line 1 inch 25 mm from the left edge. Wood gutters that are not painted or sealed will crack and quickly rot.

The gutters are fashioned from single straight tree trunk with a v or u. The bottom edge of the lookout should rest on the top of the wall extending passed the outside face of the. Make wooden rain gutters to repair worn out parts or maintain the intent of the initial architectural design. The gutters are for the roof over an old german applepress.

It is easier to order pre made custom designs from a store or factory. Nail 1 inch thick. The are just two parts to the traditional wooden gutter design. Make sure to seal the outside all sides of your gutters when installed and re paint once every other year with a high quality paint or sealer.

These two lines are fold lines as seen in photo 4. From this line measure 2 inches 51 mm and draw a second line parallel to the first. So i had to make it up as i went along modelling my designs on gutters from a nearby building. Nail each lookout to a rafter.

Wooden gutters need to be cleaned out thoroughly removing all debris that may have collected at least once a year.