Dear readers,
Who has recently installed rain gutters around their house? I would like to receive some information about this.
I read on this forum that someone had paid about 870 BTH per meter of stainless steel 304, now I have approached a stainless steel man in Udonthani who works a lot with stainless steel and he wanted to make the rain gutter in stainless steel for 1.250 BTH per meter, 0,6, XNUMXmm thick. These are welded together and are leak-proof! Then I have a connection made so that a PVC pipe can be used to drain the water properly.
You also sometimes see rain gutters made of galvanized metal, but these have a shorter lifespan and are also very thin and fragile, are made together with pop rivets and sealant, so not quite my style.
And where do you let the rainwater run? Collecting in a barrel or simply letting it drain to a lower part through a pipe, all information is welcome, I don't have much experience with this myself yet.
Regards,
Arnold
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Dear Arnold,
why not zinc gutters? Much cheaper than stainless steel and long life.
Water in Thailand is usually drained to a lower point by pipe.
I paid just over 40 meters at a cost of 650 bht for my stainless steel gutters last month for 18 meters, I paid 700 bht per meter, this man informed me that he normally, 800 bht per meter asks, for 40 meters he could do it for 650 bht per meter, this price was stipulated for me by the contractor, these gutters are connected to the sewage system with PVC pipes, the others I let flow away through a PVC pipe, but at In my other home I have chains hanging from the gutters, rainwater runs down through the chains.
Arnold, I had rain gutters installed, these are zinc and soldered together with tin.
Just have a drain hole/pipe that will fit a PVC pipe of a certain size.
Have been on the facade for almost 10 years now, nothing wrong with it except for a 1-time blockage, but that was my own fault I forgot to have the gutters cleaned and 1 was clogged with bamboo leaf
Behind our house is a fairly large lake and I let the rainwater drain into it. Without the gutters, the sky later would also have ended up in that lake
If you have gutters installed, keep in mind that the birds like to build a nest under your tiles, which can also clog things up. so better 15 cm space between roof and gutter than 10 or 5 cm.
I have a beach resort with 14 villas with gutters
My experience is that stainless steel is not really stainless steel and the weld seams often leak partly due to the wind. I have the best experience with plastic gutters. Fewer shaft seams. Less rust. Less maintenance.
Hana
We have rain gutters on most parts of the roof. Most are still those tin things, but they are of a poor quality. We have slowly replaced them with other material (thick PVC gutters). Two afvowten go in the front yard, one in a courtyard, one in an oocang container that also serves the fish pond, and one goes over the wall at the back into the woods.
arnold,
8 years ago I paid 200 THB/m in Isan (Roiet area) for galvanized gutter which was soldered from parts of 4 mtr. Now on 1 piece where water remained because they did not use a spirit level despite my offer, the case has rusted through because the quality of galvanizing is also Thai standard. Anyway. a new piece is not that expensive. Good stainless steel is of course better, but that is also messed with,
it remains to be careful in Thailand unfortunately; warranty to the gate.
Good luck,
Thick
The recessed rain gutter is starting to rust everywhere, poor quality.
We opted for plastic.
These will not rust, you can choose color and easy to process.
The disadvantage is that they sometimes deform somewhat because the length increases with heat.
No experience with stainless steel, but this can also rust if it comes into contact with iron, for example a pliers, hammer or saw blade.
Regards,
jos k.
I have hung 55 meters of white plastic gutters around my house myself, it is a bit of work, but if you are not afraid of heights and have good tools, I have a laser spirit level, but it cannot be used in sunlight, so I used the normal 2 meter water weld. To see if you have real stainless steel, take a magnet and if it attracts something, it is not pure stainless steel.
Regards Hans W.
I was in the HomePro DIY store last week and saw real sturdy and beautiful PVC gutters there. They weren't cheap but they looked good.
My father-in-law also has those tin gutters hanging, but they are indeed starting to rust seriously. Personally I would opt for PVC but as mentioned above, what about the hot weather? Anyone experience with that?
Materials such as zinc and lead and also copper, excluding tubes, I have never encountered in Thailand.
The stainless steel story is also fake nine times out of ten.
Galvanized gutters are actually just iron with a protective layer, just like stainless steel.
A method of providing purchased material [iron] with a protective layer of zinc, nickel or chromium.
Damage gives rise to rust, so even vigorous brushing with a brush can be disastrous.
Fitting gutters properly, so ensuring that it is dry when it does not rain is life-extending.
Had them hanging for twenty years, Galvanized.
Putting galvanized gutter in lead red on the inside is a reasonable and cheap solution for years of extension.
Clean the inside every year, by the way.
Prices as anywhere in the world with multiple price requests, preferably a plumbers company.
Under construction years later plastic gutter.
With coupling pieces [socket with bitumen] also start to leak after a few years.
Tape is available on a roll in various widths for repair.
Mounting gutter is easy with its many accessories. [corner pieces, end pieces, brackets, tubes, etc.]