Thatch Guttering

Thatch houses do not usually have guttering due to the large over hang on the roof and the difficulties in installing a guttering system they usually rely on a French drain type system at the base of the wall to disperse the water, this system can lead to damp problems and even rotting of wall timbers. There is an alternative we recently completed a installation of 6" half round cast aluminium guttering on a thatch house in Norfolk. We had bespoke steel brackets designed and made at our local forge to fix the guttering to the wall.

This picture shows a close up of the steel brackets that we had made at our local forge, the over hang of the roof was 25 inches these brackets are the best way to support the cast aluminium guttering.

We installed a cast aluminium guttering system on this thatch house in Norfolk in 2016. In this picture you can see the damage on the door and the windowsills caused by not having a guttering system.

Sectional cast aluminium guttering looks identical to cast iron guttering so is ideal for installing on grade two listed buildings and is prefect for following the uneven roof line.

In this picture you can see a close up of the cast aluminium guttering and gutter brackets, we believe that cast aluminium is the best material for this type of installation due to the weight of the material we believe cast iron would be to heavy to suspend 25 inches away from the wall.