Vinyl gutters maintain their color well are flexible and dent resistant and don t rust or corrode but they do get brittle with age and extreme cold.
Gutters for 1200 sq ft house.
Vinyl gutters cost 2 to 5 per linear foot.
Doubling the number of downspouts halves the required capacity for each.
The cost to replace siding adds 1 000 to 3 000 for removing the old siding.
Gutters are sold and installed as either seamless gutters or sectional gutters.
Cost of rain gutters greatly depends on the material you choose.
Having aluminum gutters installed averages about 4 9 a foot plus downspouts at 5 8 each or 500 1 200 for 120 feet and 1 050 2 400 for 250 feet.
Multiplying that number by the local maximum rainfall intensity 6 8 inches per hour yields an adjusted square footage of 7 480 square feet.
For a homeowner of a 1 500 square foot home the average cost for sectional gutters ranges from 1 065 to 2 256 for 160 feet of gutters or 7 12 per linear foot depending on the material of gutter installed.
But if the house were a shotgun house say 60 long the eave length by 20 wide still 1200sf but the gutter would then be about 121 feet in total length give or take a bit.
Metal gutters vary in price from 6 to 12 for aluminum and 9 to 20 for steel to 25 or more for high end copper.
Therefore this roof should be equipped with 6 inch k style gutters.
Installing 200 linear feet of gutters costs as little as 600 if you do the work yourself to as much as 2 500 3000 when hiring a contractor depending on the material you install.
Therefore this roof should be equipped with 6 inch k style gutters.
A square inch of downspout can drain 1 200 square feet of roof during a rain with an intensity of one inch per hour.
Roof area the locale s rainfall intensity and gutter capacity determine how many square inches of downspout are needed.
The 6 in 12 pitch factor 1 1 multiplied by 1 000 yields an effective area of 1 100 square feet.
Gutters come in a wide range of materials the cost depends on which you choose.
The average homeowner pays between 5 000 and 14 050 for siding to be installed on their home exterior.
Size downspouts to fit the gutter.
The 6 in 12 pitch factor 1 1 multiplied by 1 000 yields an effective area of 1 100 square feet.
Multiplying that number by the local maximum rainfall intensity 6 8 inches per hour yields an adjusted square footage of 7 480 square feet.
Two hundred feet of gutter can cost anywhere between 660 and 4 500.
For instance if your house were a 30x40 feet rectangle 1200sf but could be about 61 or 81 feet total depending on which dimension the eaves are at.
Seamless aluminum gutters costing around 10 linear foot are the cheapest and best performing option while copper gutters are the most expensive at 25 per foot and vinyl gutters are easiest to install for diy homeowners.