Copper guttering featured in 'Period Ideas' magazine this month.


This month in 'Period Ideas' there was an article giving pointers on how to get your guttering and downpipes ready for the coming months and the onset of winter.

Together with a useful action plan to keep your gutters in the best working order was a photograph of our stylish copper guttering on a timber frame home.


Of course if copper is the material chosen for the guttering then it will last more than 100 years with very little maintenance required what so ever.
Copper requires no decoration, cleaning and virtually no maintenance other than the removal of debris that may fall into the guttering.
The reason being that copper is a natural product and acts as an algaecide and fungicide, keeping growths such as moss and lichen to a minimum, therefore keeping gutters clear and also excellent for rain water harvesting.   
For more information visit http://www.coppagutta.co.uk/ or call us on 01489 797774.

(Coppa Gutta is a trade mark of Good Directions Ltd, the only UK manufacturer of copper guttering, supplying copper rainwater systems for over 20 years.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Coppa Gutta launches new copper roof ridges at Grand Designs Live

Image
 Copper roof ridges and copper guttering  Coppa Gutta is the only manufacturer in the UK supplying copper rainwater systems and we have specialised in copper guttering since 1992. Now to complement the range of guttering, we launched a new copper ridge flashing product at Grand Designs Live in October. For a low cost, natural way to reduce repetitive and often dangerous roof cleaning, installing copper ridge flashing will help to diminish the growth of moss, algae and lichen build up on the roof. Not only can this build up create a dull and dirty looking roof, which can reduce the potential value of the property, it can also cause many structural problems. Even the thinnest layer of moss will act like a sponge, absorbing water and therefore increasing the weight and stress on the roof, shortening its productive life span. Frost can also become a problem pushing tiles up and cracking them. Moss build up on roofs has become more prevalent today since the Clean Air
Read more

Malaysia Guttering Project

Image
  Copper Downpipe, Guttering and Bends   This was a recent project that we undertook in which we produced copper guttering to be installed on a customer’s house in Malaysia. The guttering in question was our standard half round and featured a mixture of guttering, downpipes, bends, and hopper heads. Copper Guttering and Hopper Head   The hoppers which were produced for this build were our Margaret hoppers, attached to our 80mm  diameter downpipes and our standard half round guttering. A massive installation in an exotic part  of the world, which the customer provided the drawings for us to work to, not only for his summer home but also his pet tiger’s house.   The customer specifically chose us to produce and provide the guttering for him after contacting various other guttering companies around the world and shopping around for the best possible option. We subsequently invited the customer to come and tour our factory and witness first-hand his order being manufactured, whic
Read more

Copper guttering favourably compared to other gutter materials by Professional Builder magazine.

Image
An independent article in Professional Builder magazine for November 2010 has favourably compared copper guttering against cast iron, aluminium, zinc and PVCu for use as rainwater goods. While not all the benefits for using copper have been listed it clearly shows that copper will out last the other materials shown, lasting well over 100 years, more than 90 years longer than plastic and 40 years longer than its closest rival Zinc. Copper is 100% recyclable and one of the few metals that is classed as sustainable. Copper is also a wholly natural product and perfect for rainwater harvesting, so a great eco-friendly product too. Text reads: "Copper acts as an algaecide and fungicide, keeping growths such as moss and lichen to a minimum. It also mildly disinfects the water, making it excellent for rainwater harvesting. Copper guttering is easy to install with no specialist tools necessary and requires virtually no maintenance. Also, unlike other materials, copper does not su
Read more