Time to fix my mums Guttering

d900

My mother just spent her pennies on a new front door but she needs new gutters as well but due to the world having no money i said i would try and fix them for her.

The problem is this (and i maybe wrong im no gutter expert)

The guttering is cut into lengths and joined to the adjoining length by overlapping and then a bolt is screwed through the overlap joining the 2 gutters together.

She has 6 bolts keeping her gutters together on her property 3 at the front and 3 at the back.

The bolts are a little rusty as to be expected after years of having rain on them but every single one of this bolts has water dripping from it onto the ground.

Without getting new gutters whats the best way of filling in the holes that have obviously appeared and still maintaining a water flow for the gutter to work ok.

Thanks in advance

BargainGalore

I had same problem last year. We just applied some tar like mastic and laid it on the joints liberally but evenly. Cured the problem and only costs £3-£4 for the mastic. You need a mastic gun a couple of quid and of course ladder

You really need to do this on a dry day with no little wind if possible

You also probably find some cement rendering and loose roof like slate in there so brush it all along in on place as you are doing the gutter and then pick it up once you reach the end

d900

thanks for the tip - wont the tar just dry and crack up over time you think? i may get up there give it a good clean and try and work some magic

ormus

the black mastic is flexible and made to give. its generally a good useful product.
itll be ok in all but the most extreme weather.

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d900 wrote: »

thanks for the tip - wont the tar just dry and crack up over time you think? i may get up there give it a good clean and try and work some magic

It probably will, use something like this, it is simply brushed on, even in the wet, it has fibres in it to avoid any cracking;

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Construction/RoofCompoundampAdmixtures/d210/sd2809

Emergency Roof Repair Item Number 80073

adaze

You can get specific roof and gutter related mastic specially for this, try screwfix

BargainGalore

The mastic I got was flexable it was designed for roofs and guttering, its okay so far worked for over 18 months. I know its probably a temporary thing maybe couple of years but it did the trick I have several leaks in the joints and none now.

I just apply it and used finger to run along. Cleaned fingers with turps after wards

It possible about a fiver now come to think of it got it from one of the DIY chains (not B&Q)

Broadsword

If you're not used to ladder work you might wish to avoid a can in one hand and a brush in the other! As suggested a mastic gun with a tube of black roof sealant (alongside silicone sealants in the DIY sheds) will be easier from the top of a ladder. Don't forget that you may need more than one trip up the ladder, on a very dry day when the gutter will be dry. Clear out the muck. Even on a dry day it will be damp unless it's mid summer. Until this is clear no mastic will work so you may need to then let the gutter dry out and return a few days later again only if it's been dry The gutter should be as clean as possible, inside. Apply the mastic on the inside and around joins. It's very flexible but also very messy. You'll need to be above the gutter so you can look down at what you are doing. Ineffectual would be doing it at arms stretch from below, not seeing the problem areas. Observe good ladder practice and have someone hold the ladder foot

BargainGalore

Yes its very messy a mastic gun is ideally as it can easily slide into guttering when you are cleaning gutter out and applying it. Just two things to take up a small brush from a brush pan and brush, oh plastic bag to collect the debris for later.

Oh make sure some one holds the ladder below its so easy for ladder to slip. I know I been there dropped from 1st floor luckily ladder slipped down the building so slowed the fall. I am fare more carefully now