Jane's attic, update XX: The rain gutter.

Last month I posted a few pictures here, showing some beautiful metal rain gutter parts, which I ordered for Jane's attic from Sussex Crafts in the UK. Now that the work on the gutter is completed, it's time to share the results with you! But before doing so, here's a picture to remind you of what the parts looked like upon arrival. 

This image: some of the original parts for the gutter.

When I saw the parts, and read the assembly instructions, I thought it would be a piece of cake to put it together. But, as is often the case with kits, they require some extra work and attention to make everything fit the way you want it to!

Cutting pieces of the guttering.

So I brought out my tools and started working on the pieces, measuring, cutting, drilling, gluing and sanding, until I got everything 'right'!

Smoothing the attachments of the re-positioned parts with a sanding device.

Widening the hole of the bend piece to allow a better fitting of the "T" piece and pipe joint.

The original plastic drainpipe was replaced with a metal pipe piece of the same diameter. I try to avoid using plastic in my work as much as possible.

When everything was done and stuck into place, the weathering began... The idea was to make a 'double piped' rain gutter which had not been dredged for a very long time, allowing sand and dirt to accumulate and silt it up. Below is a selection of photo's showing the end result. Therefore, without further ado, I invite you to browse through them, and see  you will like how it all turned out!

The rain gutter has two pipes, one on each corner of the front wall. The attic is seen here siting on top of an empty room box, for photographic purposes.

Thanks for visiting, and see you next time!

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