Al Carrell: Rain on the roof sounds great, but it really can be an enemy to your house. Look at the way it's cutting a trench along here. And how it's dug a hole over there. It doesn't have to be that way and gutters can help you to solve the problem. They have some disadvantages too though. There is an alternative to gutters and I have it right here. It's called The RainhandleR. And it really does a neat job. When water comes off the roof it is dispersed out. It's almost like a second rainfall. And so by doing this you don't have any problems with it coming down like a sheet.
I'll show you how easy it is to install this stuff. Now these five foot sections are held in place on the facia board by brackets. Real easy to put in place. They just snap in place.
Now the first thing you have to do is to mark where these brackets are going to go. The bracket goes up here so that the bottom of the bracket is right even with the bottom of the facia board. You're going to need to drill a pilot hole for the screws so they'll go in easier and you'll be sure and get them in exactly the right place. Now you're ready to put the screws in place and if you have a power screwdriver it'll go in even easier, but this is so easy you wouldn't even believe it.
Now the directions tell you to put the brackets in first and then snap the section in place, but I've found it's really easier to do it the other way around. Snap the brackets in place and then put the whole thing up. Now they tell you to just but the sections together, but here's a neat little trick. You just sort of mesh them together up here and they'll lock in place. And that way you don't even have to hold them while you drill the next hole.
Well, as you can see, we have a little bit of a gap there. That's no problem and I'll show you how to take care of that. It's real easy to cut this stuff because it's made out of aluminum. Now I've already marked my cut here, but let me show you a little trick, because if you'll use a clamp to hold th is down in place, it's going to give you a much better, cleaner cut. As a matter of fact, the manufacturer suggests that you use tin snips. I've tried that and it doesn't work as well. Maybe I'm just not much of a snipper. A hacksaw does a really good and easy job. And now we can fill the gap. Good cut. All right, now we do our same connector trick with this newly cut piece down at this end. Slide it forward so we can make a connection down at the other end. And then ease it in place and we're in business.
Now I know what you're asking yourself. How is he going to make a turn in that thing? Well, you don't have to make a turn. You just go up and mount the next one. Butt it up against the one and that way you're going to have a perfect corner. I'll show you one other thing that I think is interesting, and that is, it's a roof valley rain diverter. It fits right up here and once you have that in place, the rain that would come down this valley will be parted here, split into two parts, and i t's not going to dig a hole like we had before.
After a really easy installation, it's a good idea to take your garden hose, spray the roof and let you see how the thing really does work. I know it works because we got it on a section of our house and it's neat when it rains to see what it does.
Episode 41 1996 - 97 Season
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