Mission Impossible (guttering)?

Frank99

Long story short: guttering above conservatory between my brothers and his neighbours home leaking, wanted to install a long piece and separate from the neighbours.
He has been told even scaffolding will be almost impossible as the neighbours have 2 conservatories leaving no room for ladders or scaffold poles over their side.
He was told even with a long piece of gutter the end cap could one day leak!
Any suggestions folks?

FreeBear

Any access to the rear to get a cherry picker round ?

There are a few models that have a narrow track that might do the job, although reach may be a problem with the smaller ones.. Could work out to be cheaper than scaffolding.

Frank99

FreeBear said:

Any access to the rear to get a cherry picker round ?

There are a few models that have a narrow track that might do the job, although reach may be a problem with the smaller ones.. Could work out to be cheaper than scaffolding.

Great idea, will be investigating this to see if it could be done!

Jeepers_Creepers

That left hand connie is yours? Crawling boards (with soft padding underneath) spanning widthwise across all the joists, up close to the wall, should easily support your weight. Yes, you'll also need to edge out a bit on the right - so you'll need to ensure the boards are held down - and also likely require a safe stepping stool, but surely that's doable? (Yes, you'll also need to counter the roof slope)

Is your neighb happy to have the gutter split? Where are the downpipes serving this gutter? Bear in mind that the gutter was likely installed as one, taking all this into account. This could mean that the neighb's gutter could well be sloping slightly downwards towards your property, and if you cap off his end, it might well overflow and pour down  between these two connies. Ditto the other way a round - if your gutter is sloping gently down towards the neighb, then you might find your gutter overflowing at your new end cap once you split it.

Basically, if your neighb's gutter starts to overflow that new end, you will be responsible and may need to have all his guttering realigned.

Frank99

Jeepers_Creepers said:

That left hand connie is yours? Crawling boards (with soft padding underneath) spanning widthwise across all the joists, up close to the wall, should easily support your weight. Yes, you'll also need to edge out a bit on the right - so you'll need to ensure the boards are held down - and also likely require a safe stepping stool, but surely that's doable? (Yes, you'll also need to counter the roof slope)

Is your neighb happy to have the gutter split? Where are the downpipes serving this gutter? Bear in mind that the gutter was likely installed as one, taking all this into account. This could mean that the neighb's gutter could well be sloping slightly downwards towards your property, and if you cap off his end, it might well overflow and pour down  between these two connies. Ditto the other way a round - if your gutter is sloping gently down towards the neighb, then you might find your gutter overflowing at your new end cap once you split it.

Basically, if your neighb's gutter starts to overflow that new end, you will be responsible and may need to have all his guttering realigned.

Would love to use that method but the guttering companies won't do it cos of their insurance, i wonder if i could go up with a step ladder on top of crawl boards, don't know much about guttering but i assume it's not rocket science. Would be a much cheaper solution for sure!

Frank99

The view from above!

Jeepers_Creepers

Cherry-picker is best, no question.

These are glass roof panels? In theory that means much stronger joists too, so you should be ok. However, it might not be 'approved' by the connie manufacturer. And - no - a third party wouldn't do it that way!

If you do want to try it, tether your stepladder to the upstairs window - make sure it cannot budge.

Again, tho', consider the possible consequences of doing what you intend - will it affect the way the gutter 'runs'?