Why were the K-5 gutters developed?
Back when homes were built with some style, even if they had no gutters. They had fascia boards, soffits, and some wood molding along the roof edges. This molding is the only reason for the shape of the K-5 style gutter. They used long nails with thin rolled sheet metal tubes called ferrules, to support the gutter and resist ladder pressure. To mount these gutters right, the installer is to remove the old and often rotten wood molding. The gutter then replaces that wood molding. This in keeping with the style of the house, as though it was meant to be like that from the beginning. This house to the right had some quarter round gutters on it that were rusty. The client thought to keep it historical he needed to find a contractor who could make the same sort of gutter. That gutter profile was no longer available, and we explained to him that looking at the details of his house, it shows that a wood molding gutter would be much more proper anyway, since he had that same shaped wood moldin
