How To Build A Box Gutter

Built in gutters also referred to as box gutters are considered a concealed roof drainage system.

How to build a box gutter.

The old box gutters worked great in the day. Since they are not readily visible they typically don t alter the historic character of buildings and don t detract from or conceal decorative cornice details. K style gutters are the overall most popular style but there are other styles such as box half round and fascia style. A box gutter is actually built into the bottom of the roof or into the roof overhang.

The esthetics of the box gutter hid the gutter from sight which was important during that time. The issue today is the copper would disappear not counting the cost to reinstall. Some suggest 1 40 some 1 60. Wood box gutters were the premiere gutter design for the drainage of rain water from roofs in the united states from 1890 to 1925 and can still be found on houses today.

I started by working out the width of the boards. K style gutters for houses built after 1950. In many cases however a built in or box gutter may be what your house originally had and what it should have now. Low and behold the box gutter is rotted out.

A slate tile roof connecting to the box gutter and then to the copper spouts. I would make support boards from 18mm osb. Advice varies on the rate of fall for the gutter. Box gutters are actually built off of the rafters of the building they are not hung from the building as metal gutters are.

For box gutters to work effectively they should be installed by building them into the bottom of the roof or into the roof overhang. The shape of the box gutter is created by a skilled carpenter as the shape and. There is more information on this later. This will likely be based on the demand in the area where you live since those who make the significant purchase of a seamless gutters machine usually try to derive income from the machine.

The foundation of most box gutters is wood that is then covered with thin sheet metal such as tin copper lead stainless steel or some other metal that will not readily corrode.