What is a Seamless Eavestrough?
Gutters are custom made onsite to the exact length that fits your home!
The success of your gutter project will depend highly on the tools and equipment the gutter contractor has available. The old saying that you are only as good as your tools definitely applies here. In order to install seamless eavestroughs on your home we need to bring a seamless gutter forming machine to your home. We set a tightly wrapped roll of aluminum on the machine that may be up to 600 feet long. We feed it in to a series of rollers and out comes a seamless eavestrough. We form an gutter that is the entire length of your home and cut it to the appropriate length.
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Generally, this is done on the street in front of your home as lots of space is needed. Now we could potentially run out a piece 600 feet long but the maximum length of a seamless gutter should limited to about 75 feet. Anything beyond this length could develop problems due to expansion and contraction issues caused from hot and cold weather. The benefit to you choosing this system is there will be no unnecessary seams or overlaps that can leak over the years. Past years, contractors would bring predetermined lengths of 10 or 20 feet gutters to your home and patch them together. This was when seamless gutter machines were less common.
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The only place that we will have to make a seam or overlap is when there is a corner on the home and the gutter has to change direction. This is unavoidable with today's technology as the seamless machines will only create a gutter in a perfectly straight line. A corner requires a proper hand fitted overlap with a proper sealant that is specifically designed for gutter.
This is the most critical part of the install which must be controlled with specific standards for craftsmanship and a high quality sealant and backed up with a Lifetime Warranty for your protection.
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Most houses being troughed are being installed with seamless machines. They have been available for approx 25 years so it's not new cutting edge technology. However the machines are advancing in technology and profile options are becoming more available. Older homes will likely have the 4 inch trough installed, newer more efficient troughs are 5 inch and larger for commercial projects. This will depend on the roof line layout and water flow to determine what size & layout is best for your property.
Available are several types of profiles and colours to choose from.