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Bullnose Rain Gutter Covers – Part 3

This project is continued from Part 2. The bullnose style gutter covers work by wicking rain water into the gutter while tree debris falls over the side, keeping the gutter clean. However, gutter covers can’t make up for an poorly installed gutters that are uneven and lacking sufficient pitch, or slope, to drain properly. The [...]

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Bullnose Rain Gutter Covers – Part 2

This project is continued from Part 1. Before installing the new bullnose metal gutter covers, I cleaned most of the tree debris from the flip-up screen gutter covers that will be replaced. The flip-up gutter screens do a good job of keeping the gutters clean. The problem with the screens is tree debris is caught [...]

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Bullnose Rain Gutter Covers – Part 1

This article explains how to tune-up your rain gutters and install a bull-nose metal rain gutter cover. The gutter is cleaned, remounted with a proper slope for drainage and metal gutter covers installed. Bullnose gutter covers are probably the best solution for keeping debris out of the rain gutter to minimize difficult and expensive gutter [...]

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How to Repair Rotted Soffit and Fascia – Part 5

This project is continued from Part 4. The mesh screen flip-up gutter covers weren’t doing the job, so I installed bullnose style metal gutter covers that slide under the shingles. These gutter covers cost about $1.35/foot and are available in 4ft and 10ft lengths from a local gutter supply company. Here I’ve got the main [...]

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How to Repair Rotted Soffit and Fascia – Part 4

This project is continued from Part 3. With the new soffit and fascia installed, it’s time to rehang the gutter. The gutter was originally fastened with gutter spikes nailed into the rafter tails. Gutter spikes are similar to big nails. The problem with gutter spikes is they tend to work themselves out and become loose. [...]

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