How to Fix Different Issues With Your Gutters

Gutters are important parts of your house, as they drain excess water falling on your roof and make sure it's transported to a safe location where it can't do any damage. However, malfunctioning gutters can become major nuisances, as they can cause water to leak into your house or the foundation to your house. This can cause flooding and rot, which are much more troublesome to repair than the gutters themselves. In order to repair malfunctioning metal gutters in a satisfactory way, there are a few things you should think about. 

Holes

A common damage done to gutters is holes. Holes can occur in gutters for different reasons. Rust and corrosion might have eaten through the metal over the years, which can create very large holes. The gutters might also have become damaged because of falling debris or dirt that has eaten away at the material. It could also be a hole you've made yourself to drain water gatherings.

When repairing a hole, you need to get a metal repairing kit, with a patch larger than the damage itself. The most important thing to remember when using equipment like that is that you use a patch out of the same type of metal as your gutters. Using a different type of metal can lead to electrolytic corrosion, which can cause the damage to grow even bigger than before you attempted to repair it.

Joints

Another common problem with metal gutters is that the joints that hold the lengths of gutters together can come loose and start to leak. This is usually an easily solved problem where you in most cases only need to tighten or change the screws attaching the pieces of gutter together. In some cases, where cracks have formed from the joints, you might also have to add a filler material or patch the metal again. Use a roof repairing mass that dries quickly to block any leaks that might have formed by the joints.

Sagging

Gutters can also start to sag quite easily, which require metal repairing as soon as possible, as it might hinder water from running through the gutters properly. Examine the spike that holds the gutter together. In many cases, a broken or worn spike is the reason for a sagging gutter. If this is the case, then you need to replace the spike with an unharmed one. You should also consider changing it for a gutter screw rather than a spike, as these might give more stability to the gutter than a spike would, due to being twisted rather than just hammered into place. 

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