Rafter Tail Gutters

Bore a inch diameter pilot hole through the fascia and into the rafter tail at each mark.

Rafter tail gutters.

Removing the wood gutters removes that rigid supportive strength. They re typically spaced 16 inches on center look for telltale nail heads. Quality gutter installation usually makes use of fascia gutter brackets. Locate the rafter tails behind the fascia.

Make a mark at the chalk line on every other rafter tail. Install metal drip edge trim along the edge of your shingled roof to ward off future damage to rafter tails. The original wooden gutters had rigid and supportive strength that tied everything together. Often used on areas where gutter system will be exposed to heavy snow loads.

Ideal for installation with rafter tails and no fascia. The house has exposed rafter tails that would be blocked by a gutter. I live in a rainy area and want to add gutters. Take advantage of having to remove gutters and other roofing elements by resealing gutters and replacing fascia boards and soffits.

Use with any standard 5 k style gutter profile in aluminum. The heavy duty number 40 k style rafter mount hanger includes snap strap for securing gutter to hanger. Greetings i am in the process of reroofing a 1924 bungalow. By cutting notches into the rafter tails for example you could create a place to rest gutters directly within the roof structure an elegant solution before modern gutters became available.

Aesthetically exposed rafter tails created a pleasing and unfussy character highlighting the beauty rhythm and order inherent in the building s. On an old historic house in old town san diego there was a detailed open rafter tailed house that had a gutter system up into the roof in the area where the rafters tie into the walls the gutter was let in to the roof the only area left un guttered was the over hang section so still a little run off there but the majority was caught by.