Are those “dents” on the new gutter normal?
Hi,
I live in a duplex house so my roof and gutters are shared with the neighbor.
My old gutters were in a pretty good condition, other than some corner leaks.
So in the end, I agreed to go with the contractor that my neighbor found and went ahead with the gutter replacement.
However, after it was completed, I noticed there are several spots where the backside of the super5 gutter seems “dented” and not sitting flush against the fascia. (See photo)
My neighbor pointed the “dents” to the contractor, but he was told by the contractor that it was due to the back board being warped, and something about J- something that prevents the gutter from sitting tightly against the fascia board
My questions are:
1) Is that true? Or they could’ve & should’ve done better, It was simply due to them “messing up” but didn’t want to tell me?
2) should I tell them to redo everything? or what should I do? am I being too picky or they did it poorly? ?
Thank you and I appreciate your help!
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From your pictures I agree there’s something crushed or dented.
I am not used to seeing anything but a flat turn on bottom to back on a gutter, store bought or custom fab’d.
Hi Calvin,
Thanks for the replies.
I climbed up the ladder to the lower portion of the roof today.
Here's a video / view of the close up of the gutter both from outside and inside the gutter. What do you think?
Thanks again for all the input and help!
https://youtube.com/shorts/rlBgWoWmkrw
https://youtu.be/C0uOCIRom_g
Well.
I suppose the buckling of the gutter could be from backing that goes in and out.
Or a void.
It could be that overtight fastening pulls it out of line.
They hang from the top of the gutter, why does it appear to be bent on the bottom?
But what has me baffled is at 30 seconds in the film, the turn down of the shingles. Is what I’m seeing that the shingles do drop down in plane? Why would that be?
I’m no eavestrough expert by any means, just a retired carpenter. I’m still in the belief that dropping a gutter several inches in a long run is unnecessary. A hole in any spot along a level gutter is going to let the water out.
In a remodel or repair there often seems something can cause a job to not look perfect. Correcting or adjusting so it looks damn good from the ground is the ticket.
Edit. At 24 seconds, that valley treatment doesn’t seem to win any awards either. Could be the camera angle maybe.
Hi Calvin,
Thanks for the reply.
"They hang from the top of the gutter, why does it appear to be bent on the bottom?"
I have no idea ?
"But what has me baffled is at 30 seconds in the film, the turn down of the shingles. Is what I’m seeing that the shingles do drop down in plane? Why would that be?"
I am not sure why the roofer did it like that. The roof was re-done 10 years ago, and I guess the reason why shingle is folded down into the gutter is because they didn't install a drip edge back then (for whatever reason) and by folding the shingle dow into the gutter, it could replace using a drip-edge? Not sure what the logic was...
(the original builder built the house with a cedar roof in 1995, and it was replaced with asphalt shingle 10 years ago.)
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did your shingles have a drip edge? was the gutter installed behind the drip edge or on top of it?
Hi,
Thanks for the reply.
It seems like there's no drip edge when the roofer re-did the roof 10 years ago.
My neighbor told me that the profile of the installed gutter is called "Super 5", it's supposed to be a type of "fascia gutter" designed for house that doesn't have a fascia board.