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Howard
Annoyingly it turns out the drunk we paid to fix out gutter didn't do a great job.
Leak on one elbow for sure, possibly the second too. Then overflow on the corner. Gutters are clean enough. The elbows are the most problematic as they cause running water on the wall.
The semis on our road all have the same gutter design where each house has a downpipe on the side near the front.
Is it me or is this a bit of a shit design given there is a drain on the back as well?
Anyone had gutters fixed replaced recently and know what the rough cost is, and have any tips? This feels exactly like one of those shit house jobs that will be impossible to find someone to do and cost way more than expected.
Also am I crazy to think about using a brick sealer in the high risk spots as a preventative for the future? My logic is that if the majority of the brick work is not sealed then any trapped water has lots of options to wick away, but it reduces ingres(sp?) in those spots.