"Do-It-Yourself" Eave Troughs Made From Plastic Sewer Pipe
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"They won't rust and are attached so well to the house that the wind can't knock them off," says Carmon Kaiser, Camden, Mich., who used lengths of 6-in. dia., 1/4-in. thick plastic sewer pipe to make his own low-cost eave troughs and down spouts.
Kaiser did the work three years ago when he reroofed his house. He cut sections of pipe in half lengthwise and bolted them together end to end, then used 1 1/2-wide, 1/4-in. thick strap iron to make hangers that he bent to fit the curve of the pipes. He drilled holes in the troughs to bolt them to the hangers and then nailed the hangars to the roof. He applied cement sealer around the bolts and tar over the nail holes before putting shingles on.
He used elbows and other PVC fittings to make down spouts at the ends of the troughs. "They look nice and are built solid," says Kaiser. "A lot of people tell me that it looks nice. We've had several big windstorms since I put them up, but in 70 mph winds the eave spouts didn't even wiggle. Some people spend thousands of dollars to put commercial eave spouts on their house, but then with the first little wind that comes up the spouts end up on the ground. There's about 235 ft. of eave spouts and 40 ft. of downspouts. The 10-ft. pipes cost $17 to $18 apiece. By cutting them in half I spent less than $1 per foot of pipe. All together I spent slightly more than $300 on materials because I got a bunch of pipe free from a friend. If I had bought commercial eave troughs and down spouts, and hired someone to put them on, I would've had to spend about $1,300.
"The rafters are 2 ft. apart, and I nailed the hangers to every other rafter. I plan to cut metal gravel screen into 8-in. wide strips and use them to cover the eave spouts to keep leaves out. The screens will slip between the hangers and eave spouts, and will hook onto the underside of the roof edge."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Carmon Kaiser, 1491 Territorial Road, Camden, Mich. 49232 (ph 517 254-4444).
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"Do-It-Yourself" Eave Troughs Made From Plastic Sewer Pipe BUILDINGS Miscellaneous 23-1-10 "They won't rust and are attached so well to the house that the wind can't knock them off," says Carmon Kaiser, Camden, Mich., who used lengths of 6-in. dia., 1/4-in. thick plastic sewer pipe to make his own low-cost eave troughs and down spouts.
Kaiser did the work three years ago when he reroofed his house. He cut sections of pipe in half lengthwise and bolted them together end to end, then used 1 1/2-wide, 1/4-in. thick strap iron to make hangers that he bent to fit the curve of the pipes. He drilled holes in the troughs to bolt them to the hangers and then nailed the hangars to the roof. He applied cement sealer around the bolts and tar over the nail holes before putting shingles on.
He used elbows and other PVC fittings to make down spouts at the ends of the troughs. "They look nice and are built solid," says Kaiser. "A lot of people tell me that it looks nice. We've had several big windstorms since I put them up, but in 70 mph winds the eave spouts didn't even wiggle. Some people spend thousands of dollars to put commercial eave spouts on their house, but then with the first little wind that comes up the spouts end up on the ground. There's about 235 ft. of eave spouts and 40 ft. of downspouts. The 10-ft. pipes cost $17 to $18 apiece. By cutting them in half I spent less than $1 per foot of pipe. All together I spent slightly more than $300 on materials because I got a bunch of pipe free from a friend. If I had bought commercial eave troughs and down spouts, and hired someone to put them on, I would've had to spend about $1,300.
"The rafters are 2 ft. apart, and I nailed the hangers to every other rafter. I plan to cut metal gravel screen into 8-in. wide strips and use them to cover the eave spouts to keep leaves out. The screens will slip between the hangers and eave spouts, and will hook onto the underside of the roof edge."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Carmon Kaiser, 1491 Territorial Road, Camden, Mich. 49232 (ph 517 254-4444).
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