Gutter Types And Sizes

If you d like to do your own calculations for sizing your gutters we ll help you through it.

Gutter types and sizes.

Choose the size that best fills the width of the gutter without overly compressing the bristles. Five inch k style gutters or 6 inch half rounds the most common residential sizes are able to handle the rainfall on most houses in most parts of the country. There are two main common sizes of gutters and one of them is 5 inch. But houses with big steep roofs or those located in climates prone to heavy downpours may need wider gutters and extra downspouts to keep rainwater from overflowing.

Custom and other gutters gutterbrush comes in 5 sizes of which the actual bristle diameters are 3 25 4 25 5 25 6 5 and 8. They come in 5 inch to 6 inch widths. Unfortunately figuring the right sizes of the gutters and downspouts for your roof involves some head banging mathematical formulas. Let s start with shapes.

We re here to guide you on the path to gutter glory. A k style gutter in the same inch width can handle twice as much water as a half round gutter. Most residential gutters come in two sizes 5 and 6 and are made of either aluminum steel zinc vinyl or copper in a standard k style. A larger residential gutter system would consist of 6 inch k style gutter using a 3 x 4 inch downspout.

Most times these style gutters are installed with rectangular downspouts. For most homes this will be a large enough gutter to handle the amount of water washing off of the roof but if you live in a particularly rainy area you will want to opt for wider downspouts to be installed with your new gutters. The typical 5 inch k style gutter comes with 2 x 3 inch downspouts. A raised or crowned profile is desirable but not imperative.