Replacing gutters
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Anonymous
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This last series of storms got us thinking. The gutters on our house (1950's split-level in City of Alexandria) looked okay when we toured the house, but as it turns out, they all leak/drip like crazy when it's raining, basically all along the length of the gutters, in front of windows, etc. We did some things when we moved in like extending the downspouts further away from the house, filling in a low graded area at the back of the house, putting battery back-up/overflow spouts (I think they're called) on the sump pump, etc., but now I think we're going to have to replace our gutters. Upon closer inspection, it looks like they are tilted away from the house or sagging, I'm guessing damage from ice/snow in prior years. What should we do about it, now or later? We really, really don't want to replace all of the gutters right now (yay, two federal workers, planning on furloughs this summer!), but definitely don't want water in our house. I'm fairly confident these are probably standard issue aluminum gutters. If you've done anything to your gutters, how much did you spend on it? Our house is not huge, about 2,100 sq ft over 4 split levels. The house is approximately 36' long by 27' deep, plus a 12' x 22' porch, which has a roof and gutters, too.
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Anonymous
| We also need to replace ours, so going to bump this to see if we can get any takers. |