Daily Home Renovation Tips

Now, if you ever talk to an eavestrough sales person they will proudly tell you that they provide seamless gutters and that the use a special process which forms the gutters from a roll of sheet metal right on site. As well, they will tell you that they only need to use a nail within the gutter itself to affix it to the fascia board.

Special, not.

Ronald has had his gutter forming machine for 5+ years now.  Actually, it is quite something. It takes a roll of pre-painted role of heavy-gauge metal, pushes it through a series of rollers to transform the flat roll of metal into a formed gutter on the other side. When the desired length has been pressed there is a blade at the end of the machine to cut the formed gutter from the roll.

Below are several pictures of this in action, starting with the roll of metal through to the final product. First the roll of pre-painted heavy-gauge metal:

Next the first of the rollers inside the machine. Notice carefully how the metal to the left is flat while to the right of the picture shows the beginnings of formation:

 Next, we see the metal continuing to form from left to right:

Next, the transformation from a flat roll of metal to a shaped gutter is almost complete:

Next, here is the picture of the formed gutter leaving the machine. Notice that Roland (yes, those are Ronald’s hands and arms, is using the measuring tape to ensure the correct gutter length is produced.

 Lastly, here is a picture of the formed evestrough coming out of the forming machine. The end of the gutter shown below is actually after Ronald and his crew had already placed the corner piece (we’ll write about the corner piece option next time).

 Well, now you know. Next time, the corner piece.

To continue with the next article in this series, simply select this link to Part 7.