Milling a new gutter with a custom knife I ground with the 718 woodmaster planer/molder

I made this gutter from native air dried pine in two sections. I sealed the entire gutter with two coats of Geocel's brushable liquid rubber. Although new growth pine is prone to rot, the rubber liner means I could skip the need to use expensive rot resistant redwood or cedar.

This third floor dormer's gutter rotted because the building settled leaving the drain higher than most of the gutter's bottom. I added a new outlet at the lowest point.

While I had the stagging set up it was prudent to strip the failing paint and repaint the entire dormer.

I went around the entire house and gave the old growth wood gutters a new lease on life. For the same amount of money that was quoted to tear them off and install aluminum with new primed pine fascia boards.

This is the south and west sides.

This was the worst section. Again settling was the problem. Rather than piece in the 2'foot section that was rotted, I made a one piece replacement and installed it level. This corner had become a very low point due to settling. A gutter that is over pitched holds little water and always overflows at the lowest point in heavy rain. In this case putting too much water on the porch roof below.

People see failing paint and think junk. But the old growth wood beneath such paint is a thing a beauty, highly rot resistant and irreplaceable.

Oil primer with penetrol oil added for adhesion, topcoated with today's acrylic nano paints (pick your brand, they are all good) for longevity. Today's new paints (basically rubber) to not chalk or crack like oil paints, and that is a beautiful thing!