Gutters For House With Crown Molding

Many houses have a trim board or crown molding nailed to the fascia just under the shingles.

Gutters for house with crown molding. Often fitted with rectangular downspouts. You ll find them at every home store and on most suburban tract homes. They are most commonly made from aluminum with a crown molding like ogee profile on the outside face. 5 inch 032 inch thick aluminum sections about 1 60 per foot.

Due to the creases that runs the length k shape gutters are structurally strong. We use 1 8 thick aluminum strips and bend into the contour of the fascia. While zinc gutters are a much bigger investment than aluminum gutters are they will usually last twice as long making them a great option if you are going to be living in your home for a long period of time. In addition to the mechanical function of collecting rain water and conveying it to the ground the molded face of the gutter becomes the crown molding of the building s cornice.

Spaced at two foot intervals the hangers are visible where they extend across the first row of shingles. These brackets are made by willey s seamless gutters and are different in size and angle for different homes. Fascia gutters another alternative feature a smooth face that. It has a flat bottom and a profiled face that resembles crown molding.

They are made from zinc with small amounts of both titanium and copper and are left unpainted. K shape gutters can carry more water than half round gutters. K style gutters 1950s present k style gutters were invented in the mid 1940s and soon after became the predominate style gutter in america. The most popular gutter profile is called k shape and has a look that is similar to crown molding found in house interiors.

Traditional builders took great care to integrate the gutter into the surrounding cornice in a way that produced architecturally accurate results. The most popular are k style gutters also known as the ogee gutters. This most common gutter shape became popular after world war ii. The rods hold the gutters far enough forward from the roof that they don t get in the way of the crown molding.

You ll need to remove this as we did or add a continuous strip of wood under it to create a flat plane for the gutters. In either case prime and paint bare wood before you hang the gutters. Subscribe to this old house. Comes in 5 6 7 and 8 inch widths.

These have a shape similar to decorative crown molding.