Q. I wrote to you recently about the gauge weight of 6-inch commercial gutters. As I write this, the crew is installing them, but another issue has arisen. All the work I mention is being done through ...

Q: When I had a new roof installed, the roofers lined up the shingles with the edge of the metal drip edge instead of overlapping the drip edge by one-quarter inch in the standard fashion. As a result ...

A. Typically the metal drip edge that is installed below the first course of shingle extends out enough to have the water drip straight down into the gutter. I have seen the drip edge installed wrong, ...

Q. The rains this summer are creating many headaches for us. A recent deluge has prompted me to get some help with two problems. We have a soil-erosion problem in the back of the house where there is ...

Did you know there is no requirement to have a gutter on your house? In fact, in some areas gutters actually do more harm than good, preventing heavy snow accumulations from sliding off the roof, and ...

Q. I replaced three wood gutters; they lasted 40 years. Now, one of the 40-foot replaced gutters is leaking water like mad; water is gushing over the rear of the gutter. What’s wrong and how can I fix ...

Q We live in a one-level, ranch-style home. I can no longer go through another winter of frozen gutters, ice dams, and water finding a way into our home. I would like to remove the gutters from the ...