We’ve been waiting for a break in the weather in order to fit the guttering on the house. Standing on a ladder in fifty mile an hour winds is no-one’s idea of a good time!
At last. The weather for the last few days on the island has been dry and clear with light winds, and it looks like it will hold for a good few days more.
My job is holder-of-the-ladder and passer-up-of-tools, brackets and gutter lengths. And maker of tea.
Husband is doing all the technical stuff like measuring, drilling, aligning and connecting.
All the easy stuff 😊…
We’ve gone for Lindab galvanised steel guttering.
It goes well aesthetically with the wood cladding, is solidly well made, can cope with the vast amount of rain we have on the island – as it’s extra wide and deep – and isn’t plastic. Not that there’s anything wrong with plastic, but we preferred not to use it.
We have lots still to fit, and are working our way around the house starting with the back. Let’s hope the weather gods smile upon us.
I was standing holding the ladder today, listening to the silence of the afternoon on this exposed island hillside, the only noise occasional birdsong. And I thought to myself, how life has changed.
How lucky I am.
Ravencroft Skye 
Lovely pictures…so calm. The guttering is tops! Man thing.
Stay well and have fun.
D
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Thanks Dave – man will be chuffed 👍
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Hi Guys,
Guttering looks ace! Much better than plastic for sure!
Jerome and I are back south now, so looking forward to following your blog from here. Shame we could give you a hand, but looking forward to see everything progress.
Cheers
Conor
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Thanks Connor! Nice to meet you and wishing you and Jerome all the best down South 👍
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I can’t imagine having guttering that doesn’t run into a tank; every drop of water is so precious here. I do love the look of the guttering, it does, indeed, go well with the cladding.
Plastic guttering has not really taken off in Australia (probably due to it’s flamable nature), but we have used some PVC piping cut in half for guttering on the humpy, it has worked really well so far. Still, we prefer not to use plastic too.
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We have so much rain that we couldn’t store it all in any way. We will have collectors on guttering on the barn roof to fill water butts for the vegetable beds, but that will be more than enough for what we need. Isn’t it strange that we have too much rain, and you not enough… We need a very long downpipe that reaches you 👍😊
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Lol. That would be amazing! I guess we all have our own struggles.
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