Roof area the locale s rainfall intensity and gutter capacity determine how many square inches of downspout are needed.
Gutters for 1200 sq ft house.
Gutters come in a wide range of materials the cost depends on which you choose.
The cost to replace siding adds 1 000 to 3 000 for removing the old siding.
The 6 in 12 pitch factor 1 1 multiplied by 1 000 yields an effective area of 1 100 square feet.
Installing 200 linear feet of gutters costs as little as 600 if you do the work yourself to as much as 2 500 3000 when hiring a contractor depending on the material you install.
Gutters are sold and installed as either seamless gutters or sectional gutters.
House siding costs 4 300 to 15 800 on average or between 3 to 11 per square foot depending on the home s size and materials used.
Having aluminum gutters installed averages about 4 9 a foot plus downspouts at 5 8 each or 500 1 200 for 120 feet and 1 050 2 400 for 250 feet.
Therefore this roof should be equipped with 6 inch k style gutters.
Two hundred feet of gutter can cost anywhere between 660 and 4 500.
The average homeowner pays between 5 000 and 14 050 for siding to be installed on their home exterior.
Therefore this roof should be equipped with 6 inch k style gutters.
Multiplying that number by the local maximum rainfall intensity 6 8 inches per hour yields an adjusted square footage of 7 480 square feet.
But if the house were a shotgun house say 60 long the eave length by 20 wide still 1200sf but the gutter would then be about 121 feet in total length give or take a bit.
Vinyl gutters cost 2 to 5 per linear foot.
Vinyl siding costs about 0 90 to 2 50 per square foot compared to fiber cement at 0 70 to 5 25 and brick at about 3 50 per square foot.
A square inch of downspout can drain 1 200 square feet of roof during a rain with an intensity of one inch per hour.
Size downspouts to fit the gutter.
The cost to reside a 2 000 square foot home with vinyl is 7 100 on average.
For instance if your house were a 30x40 feet rectangle 1200sf but could be about 61 or 81 feet total depending on which dimension the eaves are at.
Seamless aluminum gutters costing around 10 linear foot are the cheapest and best performing option while copper gutters are the most expensive at 25 per foot and vinyl gutters are easiest to install for diy homeowners.
Doubling the number of downspouts halves the required capacity for each.
Metal gutters vary in price from 6 to 12 for aluminum and 9 to 20 for steel to 25 or more for high end copper.
Cost of rain gutters greatly depends on the material you choose.
Multiplying that number by the local maximum rainfall intensity 6 8 inches per hour yields an adjusted square footage of 7 480 square feet.
