Types of gutters to your roof: What is the best material for your home?

When choosing a system for the disposal of water for your home, it is easy to become overwhelmed. You'll find options of plastic, various metals, systems with seams, systems without gaskets… And of course, the million dollar question is always the same: What is the best of all?

As in any construction project, there is not a single answer to magic, but if there is one material that stands out above the rest in durability, aesthetics and cost-effectiveness. To help you decide with technical criteria, we will look at the 4 types of guttering most common of the market with their own pros and cons real.

Gutters of PVC (Plastic)

This is the most common in the large surfaces of diy and construction of a low budget.

The hook: Its initial price is very cheap and they are very light though the labor more expensive to have greater number of joints.
The technical reality: Your Achilles heel is the extreme weather. The ultraviolet radiation from the sun roasts the plastic, making it lose its properties. Suffers from the "effect" cookie: it becomes hard, deformed, losing the slope (buckling) and cracked or broken due to complete before a hailstorm strong. In addition, when installed by sections glued joints, the thermal expansion end up opening up cracks and causing leaks continued.
Gutters Zinc Traditional

A classic of the plumbing and installation traditional that looks much industrial buildings and old houses.

The hook: Is a metal that is corrosion resistant and provides a good structural rigidity.
The technical reality: Its installation is complex, and craft, as it requires welding at each joint. Over the years, these welds are affected by changes of temperature and end cracks, which requires reviews of maintenance constants. In addition, visually it has an aesthetic gray very industrial and not fit into all types of facades.
Gutters Copper Premium

The noble material par excellence in the world of the evacuation of water.

The hook: Maximum durability and immune to the saltiness of the coastal areas. Over the years, it develops a rich patina green very characteristic that gives a stately and rustic unique.
The technical reality: The price is high for the majority of budgets and requires skilled operators in high-crafts for assembly. It is a product exclusive to restoration projects of historic or luxury chalets very specific.
The Undisputed King: Gutters and downspouts Aluminum Continuous

For us, and for the vast majority of architects and builders of today, this is the definitive system for its perfect balance between cost, aesthetics and resistance.

Custom fabrication In Situ: We do not come with standard parts to see if they fit in to the force. We parked our mobile workshop in the door of your house and provide an outline of the gutter to the exact length of your eaves in a single piece.
Zero Boards = Zero Leaks: When you do not have unions intermediate along the facade, it is removed from the root the risk of leaks and the points where it tends to catch the dirt.
Immune to the sun end: The lacquered aluminum, polyamide perfectly withstands high temperatures and the sun more severe without deformation, without losing the color and without smearing.
Aesthetic design: It is available in profile Cornice (Type K) of small and large format, as well as in a semi-circular or classic, fitting in with the home as if it were a decorative molding and features a huge range of colours to combine with your tiles or exterior carpentry.

Comparison table for a quick Look	Material	Durability in the Sun	Do You Have Together?	Aesthetics / Design
Real Return	PVC / Plastic	Low (crack fast)	Yes (risk of leaking)	Very limited
Low (cheap is expensive)	Zinc Traditional	Medium/High	Yes (weld)	Industrial
Media (suffering in the joints)	Copper Premium	Maximum	NO (Zero together)	Rustic / Luxury
Low (very high investment)	Aluminum Continuous	Excellent (immune)	NO (Zero together)	High (variety of colors)
Maximum (forget him)

The verdict of experience: 32 years experience

In Mr. Canalón took 32 years installing and ensuring systems of water disposal. We have seen it all, and the practice gives us the reason: the first aluminum gutter continuous that we install more than three decades ago continues today up as a new, fulfilling its function perfectly.

Invest in aluminum continuous is not to spend more; it is to save money and headaches in patches, leaks, and future reforms in your facade.

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Types of gutters to your roof: What is the best material for your home?

Gutters of PVC (Plastic)

The verdict of experience: 32 years experience

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