We have a mid-terrace house, and since our neighbours replaced their finlock gutters with UPVC we're having issues with water leaking down the external wall where their new gutters are joined to our old finlock ones (we don't have a down-pipe, so ours drains into theirs).
I went up to have a look and the photo shows the connection they have done - what looks like kitchen foil, full of creases and tears. So no wonder it's leaking.
We've contacted several guttering people, but they are only interested in replacing the gutters or relining, not in fixing the actual problem which is the join between the two. We can't afford to have our gutters replaced with UPVC at the moment, and we really weren't having any issues with them until the neighbours had theirs done. We're reluctant to complain and get the neighbours' gutter people to come back as they will just bodge it again.
So my question is, does anyone know how best to join finlock gutters to UPVC to get a good result? I understand that EPDM is possibly the best way forwards, but trying to find out more before possibly attempting this myself. Otherwise, who is likely to be able to do this job without insisting on replacing the whole lot?
Many thanks for any ideas.
I went up to have a look and the photo shows the connection they have done - what looks like kitchen foil, full of creases and tears. So no wonder it's leaking.
We've contacted several guttering people, but they are only interested in replacing the gutters or relining, not in fixing the actual problem which is the join between the two. We can't afford to have our gutters replaced with UPVC at the moment, and we really weren't having any issues with them until the neighbours had theirs done. We're reluctant to complain and get the neighbours' gutter people to come back as they will just bodge it again.
So my question is, does anyone know how best to join finlock gutters to UPVC to get a good result? I understand that EPDM is possibly the best way forwards, but trying to find out more before possibly attempting this myself. Otherwise, who is likely to be able to do this job without insisting on replacing the whole lot?
Many thanks for any ideas.
