Wooden Gutter - Plastic

[AUTOBOY58 10]

I have read that you can obtain a straight connector for changing Wooden guttering to plastic.

 

Meaning - My house to plastic next door being arsey and wont change unless i pay for the damn lot.

 

Any ideas where i can get one of these?

 

If not i had the idea of capping hers off and having a new down fall from my plastic to the new soak away. But then could i go mastic gun crazy and filling the gap and also put a bit of lead over?

 

Again any ideas welcome?

 

Thanks

[mally350z 10]

I have read that you can obtain a straight connector for changing Wooden guttering to plastic.

 

Meaning - My house to plastic next door being arsey and wont change unless i pay for the damn lot.

 

Any ideas where i can get one of these?

 

If not i had the idea of capping hers off and having a new down fall from my plastic to the new soak away. But then could i go mastic gun crazy and filling the gap and also put a bit of lead over?

 

Again any ideas welcome?

 

Thanks

 

i can tell you now DONT waste your money .one of the worst jobs is trying to get the joint water tight . if you both have a downpipe then stop end the joints . it would be very difficult to get the joints to work .

 

ill give you a FREE no obligation quote for new guttering

[Tomataheeed 10]

put wooden guttering back in. Your neighbours will be happy, but it will also look much better.

[PAUL-ROOFER 10]

nt difficult to do but would look shoddy. better off buying wood for yours and joint it to theres, youve got my number if need me.

[Strix 11]

how about talking sensibly to your neighbour about all the options available?

 

the best guttering available is supposed to be aluminium formed on site, and perfectly jointless, as well as looking good for years on end

 

Wood will maintain the look and consequent price/saleability of your house, and is best done as a full run including next door, but it's not the end of the world if not. As far as I know, they're supposed to be lead lined, so at least the join is waterproofed by the lead

 

Plastic... don't even go there. It'll look scrappy, and it'll be messy to do, and is the most likely to fail in the shortest space of time out of all options

[dan2802 53]

I've fitted loads of the plastic sectional guttering and had loads of problems with leaks. I will never fit it again.

Go for timber, its now tanalised so pretty resistant against rot.

[mega_monty 10]

I have read that you can obtain a straight connector for changing Wooden guttering to plastic.

 

Meaning - My house to plastic next door being arsey and wont change unless i pay for the damn lot.

 

I was in a similar situation to you earlier this year, I wanted to change to plastic as I was fed up of wooden guttering rotting and having to keep maintaining it on a regular basis etc. Next doors guttering was rotten and leaking so you couldn't reliably connect to it, they too were a bit funny about changing to plastic.

 

Have you seen Twinplas It's a plastic replacement for wooden guttering with a similar profile whilst still keeping a traditional appearance, it's also a lot lighter than wooden guttering. They also supply connectors for connecting plastic to wooden and the necessary fixing brackets if required.

 

Billy at GTRoofline fitted mine and next door's at the same time.

[mally350z 10]

I was in a similar situation to you earlier this year, I wanted to change to plastic as I was fed up of wooden guttering rotting and having to keep maintaining it on a regular basis etc. Next doors guttering was rotten and leaking so you couldn't reliably connect to it, they too were a bit funny about changing to plastic.

 

Have you seen Twinplas It's a plastic replacement for wooden guttering with a similar profile whilst still keeping a traditional appearance, it's also a lot lighter than wooden guttering. They also supply connectors for connecting plastic to wooden and the necessary fixing brackets if required.

 

we supply & fit TWINPLAS

[AUTOBOY58 10]

I was in a similar situation to you earlier this year, I wanted to change to plastic as I was fed up of wooden guttering rotting and having to keep maintaining it on a regular basis etc. Next doors guttering was rotten and leaking so you couldn't reliably connect to it, they too were a bit funny about changing to plastic.

 

Have you seen Twinplas It's a plastic replacement for wooden guttering with a similar profile whilst still keeping a traditional appearance, it's also a lot lighter than wooden guttering. They also supply connectors for connecting plastic to wooden and the necessary fixing brackets if required.

 

we supply & fit TWINPLAS

 

2 x 5m aprox - how much?

[dan2802 53]

I'd avoid Twin Plas (unless you like leaks).

[doubletop 10]

try APC roofline 07813125721(andy) , they will supply/fit plastic gutter that looks like traditional wood

[gutsol 10]

Hi here at Guttering Solutions Sheffield, we are specialist installers of Twinplas Twinwall 'Wood Look' UPVC guttering, a superb alternative to traditional wooden gutter and one which looks exactly the same but being made of plastic is totally maintenance/rot free.

Please call us if you would like us to undertake a free survey to determine if this product is viable on your particular property. Then if it is we can supply a free quote to install it.

We install Twinplas Guttering in Sheffield, Barnsley, Rotherham and Chesterfield.

 

For further information or to arrange a survey please either call me on 07939203982 (Craig) or email us at:

 

[email protected]

 

Our website (see link below) has more details about Twinplas plus our full range of other quality guttering products and installation services.

 

Finally I would just like to pick up on a couple of previous posts in this thread from dan2802 and also mally350z. Just to clarify what they said so that there is no confusion about Twinplas Guttering, which if installed to the manufacturers specifications as we always do is a fantastic product and in certain circumstance can be an excellent replacement for wooden guttering. First back to what dan2802 said re Twinplas and leaks. Yes if you attempt to joint Twinplas to wooden gutter you are asking for trouble, it is not designed to do so (in our region). Keep it independent of any neighbouring wooden gutter and you're fine. Equally, jointing two lengths of Twinplas together is no problem at all provided you use the correct joints which are freely available.

Now to what mally350z said above. Yes there are connectors for jointing Twinplas gutter to wooden gutter but sadly they are not compatable with the dimensions/ shape of wooden gutters which are found in Sheffield and South Yorkshire. These specialist joints are designed/ manufactured to connect to the wooden guttering which is found in the region where the company who makes the Twinplas guttering and fittings etc is located which is in Burnley, Lancashire. If you wish to clarify this then it's simply a case of contacting the Twinplas manufacturer who will confirm this to you as they have done to ourselves.

The advice therefore is simple and is explained in more detail on our website (see address below). Briefly, NEVER attempt to join Twinplas gutter in Sheffield to an existing traditional wooden gutter as it is guaranteed to leak. Maybe not immediately but it will as soon as the mastic etc which has been applied in an attempt to provide some sort of seal at the joint breaks down. Any tradesman can 'cobble' something together and with a bit of luck create a seal of sorts. Sadly in reality though it is nothing more than a 'bodged' joint and as so will definitely cause future problems. Keep Twinwall guttering independent of any neighbouring wood gutter or get the whole 'run' done at the same time. For instance if two terraced houses have one continuous gutter running across them both then get both gutters replaced at the same time with Twinwall and everything will be fine. Failing that the only other option if indeed it is possible is to keep the two gutters independent of one another provided they can both drain water into an existing down pipe. Be that their own or by branching into a central shared down pipe.

 

Regards

Craig

Guttering Solutions of Sheffield

Edited July 29, 2012 by gutsol