Hanging Gutters With Crown Molding

Hanging the gutter with straps from the roof was an option but creates the potential for roof leaks.

Hanging gutters with crown molding.

You ll need to remove this as we did or add a continuous strip of wood under it to create a flat plane for the gutters. In either case prime and paint bare wood before you hang the gutters. The goal of this procedure is to create a flat surface to install the gutter with the hidden bar hanger which eliminates any straps on the roof system. We use 1 8 thick aluminum strips and bend into the contour of the fascia.

Many houses have a trim board or crown molding nailed to the fascia just under the shingles. I got prices from 2 contractors in the boston area for a new gutter downspout. Seamless aluminum gutters were used with custom cut vinyl wedges. The blocks are there to keep the gutter from hanging at an angle under the roof edge so the rain does not over shoot the gutter since it is fastened to the projecting 1x.

To attach an aluminum gutter to the existing wood gutter or remove the wood gutter. The fascias had crown mouldings which made a typical gutter installation problematic. 240 will this look odd is it an ok idea is there a good way to do it. If it was lowered to eliminate the blocks the rain when heavy enough would shoot over the gutter only light rains would be caught.