[MassHistPres] Historic wood gutter maintenance

[Pleun Bouricius]

I am happy to see this. This is why we added fungicide, but it’s better than what I had.

Pleun

> On Jun 14, 2021, at 8:25 AM, Ward Hamilton <melrosehistcomm at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Alex,
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> The Preservation Trust of Vermont has an excellent answer to your question:
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> https://ptvermont.org/gutter-talk/ <https://ptvermont.org/gutter-talk/>
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> J.P Moriarty (Somerville) has a great website with the history and technical information about wooden gutters:
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> http://woodgutters.net/technical_information/technical_information.html <http://woodgutters.net/technical_information/technical_information.html>
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> Riverside Sheet Metal (Medford) fabricates and sells copper liners that can be installed and soldered together in the trough:
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> https://www.riversidesheetmetal.net/gutters/liner/ <https://www.riversidesheetmetal.net/gutters/liner/>
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> All gutters require maintenance, but wooden gutters more so still. The typical homeowner does not do an adequate job of inspecting, cleaning and maintaining their gutters. We always recommend lining new wooden gutters with sheet metal. Also, it's a good way to prolong the useful service life of existing gutters. 
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> 
> Ward Hamilton 
> Chairman
> Melrose Historical Commission
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