clarkacademy Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Is this a major expense thing or basically cheap? Also are there different kinds of gutters or ways to hang them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkacademy Posted February 8, 2010 Author Share Posted February 8, 2010 Nobody has these??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/oliver.html http://raisingolives.com/2009/07/raingutter-book-shelves-tutorial/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirtymomma Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 They're ridiculously cheap. Get plastic gutters, know ahead of time how long you want them so you can have them cut down to size if you need to. Tell the guys at the hardware store what you're using them for, and ask them how they would recommend mounting them. It's very easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in KS Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Yes, be careful in mounting them. I was a public school teacher and heard good and bad stories about them. I heard some bad stories about walls being torn down by them (drywall). Cinder block walls did better with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 I bet you could find guttering at the tip. Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 I have a cost breakdown on my neglected blog: http://peekabear.wordpress.com/ Really, I've been working on stuff--just not posting about it. :D ETA: The end caps were the most expensive part and I think of them as optional. If you sand the ends nicely, you could easily leave them off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 I priced them recently at Home Depot, and the plastic gutters (white) were $6.04 for 10 (or 12) feet length (I can't remember which). I didn't price the endcaps. As long as you use long screws (at least 1 1/2 inches) directly into the studs, you shouldn't have a problem with them tearing out the drywall. They may scratch the sheet rock and texture, though, so you may need to touch up after removing them in a few years. Put them low enough that your kids won't be tempted to pull down on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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