Tom Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Evening all I am trying to find somewhere that will produce a folded gutter profile - essentially a "P" (on it's front) cross section. I have found a place which will produce whatever profile I need - but only in 3m sections. The longest run I need is just over 18m - so that will be at least five joins between sections. The gutter is going to be hidden behind the cladding and will be above the walls, so ideally I want a continuous section that I will be confident won't leak. Does anyone know if anywhere that can do this? There are firms that will prduce seamless gutter on-site from the back of their vans - but this is only in a ogee profile and will be too small. The largest of the gutters will need to be formed from approx 800mm wide sheets. Any ideas? There are liners for gutters too I believe, would this work? Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markc Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 (edited) Long lengths can (and are) rolled on site (by specialist mobile gutter companies) but these are fairly small gutter sizes. Very few sheet fabrication shops have press brakes longer than 3m, bigger fabrication and shipbuilding shops will have 6m capacity but they wouldn’t be interested in gutters. Note to self …read the whole post before typing 🙈 Edited January 31, 2023 by markc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 Cheers Mark. Any experience of gutter liners? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMo Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 If they are being hidden - practical question, how do you clean them? How do you know when they are overflowing and washing your walls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 Clean them by sticking your hand in them I guess, same with any other gutter. As for overflowing I suppose you just make sure that they don't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Why not use EDPM or GRP..? Would get the seamless gutter then ..? And probably less likely to creep as metal gutters may expand in hot weather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted February 1, 2023 Author Share Posted February 1, 2023 Yep, I'm leaning towards an EPDM liner for the folded profiles. Has any one used these before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfiejim Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 I'm trying to solve the same thing here in Cornwall. I'm thinking about welded aluminum is 3 m lengths. Lasermaster will fold it to the profile required. I'm happy for any better suggestion though. Mine will need to be rigid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted March 31, 2023 Author Share Posted March 31, 2023 23 minutes ago, Jamie Kent said: I'm trying to solve the same thing here in Cornwall. I'm thinking about welded aluminum is 3 m lengths. Lasermaster will fold it to the profile required. I'm happy for any better suggestion though. Mine will need to be rigid. Have a look here Jamie: https://www.panelsandprofiles.co.uk/ Think we'll probably go with these guys for the folded gutter as well as the profiled panels for roof/cladding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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