Replacing Box Gutters With Aluminum

This fix has a tendency to bow over time creating a leaking situation.

Replacing box gutters with aluminum.

When a box gutter system is failing due to leaks rotting or corrosion one option you have is to replace the box gutters with a more modern gutter system. If you do opt to extend the roofline for the aluminum do not let them throw a piece of wood over the box gutters. It s important that the patch match the gutter material. Step 1 remove roof shingles before you can remove the existing box gutter you need to remove the shingles surrounding connecting to or overhanging the gutter.

The most common approaches to eaves trough gutter troubles are to repair and re line the existing integral gutter or to abandon it entirely. There are at least three leaks and one is so bad the wood paneling under the gutter rotted and fell off. For example use aluminum flashing to patch an aluminum gutter. Meanwhile here is a general approach to replacing integral gutters with an aluminum fascia mounted gutter.

If you don t you ll encourage electrolytic corrosion a process that slowly etches away one metal in favor of the other.