My guttering is driving me crazy. Two years ago I had uPVC fascias fitted along with new half-round plastic rain water guttering. Some months ago when it rained I saw water pouring down past one of my windows. Investigation showed that a length of gutter had moved completely out of one of the union joints allowing water to pour out instead of running along to the downpipe. I pushed the length of gutter back in and managed to unseat another length in another union further along. I've spent many months repeatedly patching these with gutter sealant but they always eventually move and leak again.
It rained yesterday for the first time in weeks and I discovered the same thing has now happened to the gutter on the back of my house. When I look up I can see daylight between the end of a length of gutter and the union it is supposed to be seated in.
I want to fix this once and for all but don't know why this is happening. Is it because the guttering fitted is poor quality and the only solution is to replace it with something that doesn't expand/contract and come away from the unions ? Does such a type of guttering exist ? Or is it because it has not been fitted correctly in the first place and so getting someone to refix it would solve the movement problem ?
I never had any problems with the plastic guttering I had before my new fascias and guttering were fitted.
Any experience of this and advise appreciated.
It rained yesterday for the first time in weeks and I discovered the same thing has now happened to the gutter on the back of my house. When I look up I can see daylight between the end of a length of gutter and the union it is supposed to be seated in.
I want to fix this once and for all but don't know why this is happening. Is it because the guttering fitted is poor quality and the only solution is to replace it with something that doesn't expand/contract and come away from the unions ? Does such a type of guttering exist ? Or is it because it has not been fitted correctly in the first place and so getting someone to refix it would solve the movement problem ?
I never had any problems with the plastic guttering I had before my new fascias and guttering were fitted.
Any experience of this and advise appreciated.