Rutland Architectural Blog - Monday, May 16, 2011

Monday, May 16, 2011

Rutland supplies a complete array of metal roll formers or roll forming machines including single panel and double panel roll formers, decoilers (metal roll uncoilers), slitters (metal slitting machines) and embossers (metal embossing machines). Roll forming is a continuous forming or shaping process in which a long sheet of metal or metal coil roll is fed through a series of metal rollers, each only incrementally performing the forming until the metal reaches it's final shape or cross-section profile when it passes the last rollers. When metal needs to be formed into an exact profile in either large quantities or in long lengths, roll former machines accomplish this task in an ideal fashion. Roll formed metal has an advantage over metal extrusions of similar shape with roll formed sections typically being much stronger and lighter with the cold metal having been work hardened. Metal passed through and shaped in roll forming machinery can also be pre-finished or painted saving an additional fabrication step and labor. Finishing labor is greatly reduced with the high volume capability of roll forming. Roll formed metal is used for many architectural or construction purposes including metal roof panels, metal roofing tile, metal wall panels or siding, metal purlins or wall studs, metal door frames, metal shutters, metal floors or decking, guardrails and many other applications.

roll former machines - metal roll forming machinery pictured

Roll Former - Metal Roll Forming Machine

A decoiler, also known as an uncoiler, is a spindle type uncoiling machine which feeds the metal coils used in roll forming operation at an exact rate to the roll former. These metal coils can be rather large and very heavy and the large decoilers are often provided with hydraulic operation. Metal coils come in many assorted widths and lengths and also in a variety of metals including aluminum, copper, galvanized steel, galvalume, stainless steel and zinc. The metals may be in a raw state or unfinished, especially in the case for your green materials like copper, zinc and stainless steel and sometimes even galvalume which are more resistant to corrosion. Metals which are more subject to corrosive effects such as aluminum, galvanized steel and galvalume may be pre-finished or painted before passing through the roll former without the finish being damaged. The precisely shaped metal exiting the roll former machines is usually cut to pre-determined lengths by the machine. The pre-cut metal panels can then be transported to the job site and installed.

decoiler - uncoiler for uncoiling metal coil rolls for metal roll forming operations

Decoiler - Metal Roll Uncoiler

An embosser or metal embossing machine can emboss or impress one of many attractive patterns into the metal and used as is or fed into roll forming machines, providing additional architectural interest to wall panels, roof panels or flooring decks. The embossed patterns can also add strength or rigidity to the metal material. Usually a decoiler is situated at both the feeding and receiving ends of the embosser machine for volume operation.

embosser machines - metal embossing machine pictured

Embosser - Metal Embossing Machine

Metal Embossing Samples

A slitter or metal slitting machine cuts sheets or rolls of metal coil into exact widths when the metal material needs to be trimmed to size before being fed into roll forming machines. Decoiler machines positioned before and after the slitter can both feed and receive the metal material when long lengths are cut to size.

slitter machine for metal coil roll slitting pictured

Slitter - Metal Slitting machine

Roof panel, wall panel and floor deck profiles or shapes which are formed into the metal material by the roll formers provide added strength, rigidity and architectural interest. The metal panels formed can be shaped to interlock with each other and an attractive roof tile look can also created by metal roll former machines.

Roofing Tile Sample Profile - Roof Panel Sample Profile

Roll Former - Metal Roll Forming Machine Video Below

See more on the different types of roll forming machinery, samples of various wall and roof panel profiles and samples of metal embossing patterns including pictures, videos, detailed information and specifications available at Rutland's Roll Formers website.

5/16/2011 11:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Custom Range Hoods - Kitchen Vent Hoods

Interior designers and especially a kitchen designer often times request a custom range hood or kitchen island hood design to accentuate their kitchen decor. Due to their large size, a kitchen range hood or vent hood, can become a focal point of the kitchen and provide an elegant enhancement or dramatic statement to all manner of beautiful kitchens. Rutland custom metal working and copper work craftsmen have created many custom kitchen vent hoods over the years, most of them premium pure copper hoods, many with hammered designs and integral 3D murals. Occasionally however Rutland also receives requests for custom kitchen hoods made from other metals including stainless steel and aluminum. Shown below is a custom range hood created from mill finish aluminum in a durable thick gauge with swooping sides and a hammered pebble design band wrapping around the bottom. All custom range hoods are created exactly to the client's specifications, dimensional requirements with their design of choice.

custom range hood - kitchen vent hood - aluminum island hood pictured

Custom Range Hood - Aluminum Mill Finish

custom vent hood - kitchen range hood hood - island hood made from aluminum shown

Custom Kitchen Hood - Range Hood or Island Hood

vent hood - range hood - custom kitchen island hood pictured here

Custom Vent Hood - Aluminum Thick Gauge

Below is an example of a recently completed order for a custom copper hood used as a center of the kitchen island hood. This copper hood design features an array of copper Fleur de Lis castings evenly spaced around it's base between two rounded decorative bands. This copper kitchen hood utilizes heavyweight 48 oz pure copper material in it's construction. Notice the smooth, seamless welded and polished edges for a truly elegant finish and flawless appearance.

copper range hood - kitchen vent hood - island hood shown

Custom Copper Hood - Fleur de Lis Design

copper hood - kitchen hood - island hood pictured

Copper Kitchen Hood - Custom Hood Design

Rutland creates custom built kitchen range hood designs for residential and commercial applications. Rutland works closely with architects, builders, interior designers, chefs, homeowners, remodelers and contractors to craft and deliver the perfect kitchen hood. Rutland kitchen hoods are all custom and built to meet client's specifications and incorporate customer designs. Rutland has many stock design ornamental castings which can be incorporated or Rutland's extremely talented and skilled artisans can meticulously hammer custom designs from a customer supplied illustration, drawing or pictures including kitchen artwork or murals. The large surface area of a vent hood allows many design possibilities including coordination with the kitchen decor or scheme. Rutland also crafts custom vents hoods for an outdoor kitchen, barbecue, fireplace hoods and light canopy hoods. Integral exhaust fans with integral lighting and grease filters may be ordered for any custom kitchen hood. Rutland has a CAD drawings both of a generic range hood and one of a generic island hood, which may used to specify dimensions and materials for custom vent hood orders. Those CAD drawings and twenty-six examples of kitchen range hood and island hood designs along with a brief video which may be viewed at Custom Range Hoods - Copper Kitchen Hoods

4/17/2011 1:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time

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Friday, April 15, 2011

Copper Chimney Cap Custom Installation

Copper chimney caps provide enhanced elegance and architectural interest to fine homes and commercial buildings. The beautiful home featured in this blog received two custom chimney caps made from pure copper to nicely accent it's charming stone tiled roof deck and multi-hued clay roof tile. As the copper chimney caps transition through the many stages of copper patination or weathering, these chimney caps will dynamically coordinate with the various colors presented in the roofing tile and roof decking.

Copper Chimney Caps

custom chimney cap design made of copper mounted on chimney top

Custom Chimney Cap Design

copper chimney cap custom design

Copper Chimney Cap Installation

Custom Chimney Caps Being Delivered and Installed

The custom copper chimney caps above, also called chimney hoods or chimney shrouds, are shown being delivered to job site via flat bed truck. A crane will hoist the heavy copper chimney caps into position on the chimney top. Installers on the roof top will help manually guide the chimney caps into their exact position and fasten them down to the chimney crown. Rutland has over thirty standard copper chimney cap designs and their copper work craftsmen also create any custom chimney cap to your own design and exact specifications which may be shipped anywhere in the U.S. and around the world. Rutland also crafts custom copper chimney pots with single or multiple flue design, with or without a chimney shroud or tray. To see more copper chimney cap designs and view architectural CAD drawings of them, visit their Chimney Caps - Chimney Pot webpage.

4/15/2011 3:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time

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Monday, April 11, 2011

Gargoyles - Water Spout - Rain Gutter Spout

Gargoyles at Sunrise

One of Rutland's clients graciously sent in some gorgeous pictures of her collection of copper gargoyle water spouts mounted at the ends of copper rain gutters. The copper gargoyles rain gutter spouts are installed on a lovely gazebo up high on a hillside overlooking the ocean. The pictures capture the dramatic view of a gazebo built at the edge of a cliff with an elegant pool situated between the gazebo and this lovely coastal home. This gorgeous property overlooking a panoramic view of the ocean dotted with small outlying islands and the lush valley floor below is ultra inviting and peaceful. The gargoyle spouts are shown off most optimally in this gorgeous setting and this photo collage has been appropriately and aptly titled, "Gargoyles at Sunrise".

gargoyles - water spouts - rain spouts - copper rain gutter spouts shown mounted on gazebo

gargoyles water spout - copper rain gutter spout shown by ocean shore at home sitting high on a cliff

gargoyles at sunrise - copper gargoyle water spout - rain spout - copper rain gutter spout on gazebo at daybreak

Rutland copper work artisans crafted these gargoyle water spouts faithfully from original gargoyle rain spout designs created centuries ago in Europe. Rutland creates copper gargoyle water spouts which may be used at the ends of copper rain gutters in lieu of regular downspouts for a dramatic and very natural flair. Rutland also creates gargoyle water spouts for mounting at edges of flat roof parapets rather than the more garden variety of roof scupper spouts or downspouts. Shown below are non-weathered new copper gargoyle gutter rain spouts and gargoyle roof water spouts - rain scuppers.

Rain Gutter Spout - Gargoyle Water Spout

Roof Water Spout Scupper- Gargoyle Rain Spout

See more pictures of water spouts including gargoyle rain spouts and fish rain spouts and view Rutland CAD drawings of fish and gargoyle rain water spouts at Rain Water Spout

4/11/2011 4:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time

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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Roof Finial - Copper Finials Custom

Decorative roof finials are typically made out of pure copper or aluminum and provide a decorative enhancement to any residential, commercial or public building architecture. Custom finials of nearly any size and design may be fabricated by metal work artisans along with integral custom finial bases. Decorative finial types include roof finials, garden finials, fence or post finials. Finial bases for roof finials may constructed to fit or conform to the shape and pitch of the roof on which they will be mounted, providing a more streamlined, tight fitting and elegant appearance. The finial bases may also provide appropriate weather resistant integral flashing in their design. To illustrate this point, a copper finial, model FL023 custom designed by Rutland, is shown below with a custom roof finial base designed for mounting at junction of intersecting roof peaks.

copper finials roof custom decorative design finial

roof finials copper decorative custom finial design

Copper Roof Finial FL023 with Custom Finial Base

finial base custom design finial roof mounting shapes

Finial Base Shapes for Various Roof Mounting

Rutland's architectural copper work and metal working artisans have created over 50 standard finial designs in many different styles, shapes and sizes. Rutland also is able to manufacture any custom size of finial and an unlimited array of designs provided by or specified by their clients which include architects, builders, contractors, designers, home and building owners. All of Rutland's standard metal finials and custom finials may be constructed with the base shape specified by the customer as copper finials or aluminum finials. Additional finials and spires including roof finials, architectural finials, garden finials and decorative finials may also be seen on Rutland pages featuring Finials.

2/22/2011 2:21 PM Eastern Standard Time

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Thursday, December 16, 2010

Gutters Colors Chart

Gutters and downspouts made from aluminum, galvalume and galvanized steel are available pre-painted or may be custom painted in a large variety of gutters colors to match your building or home decor. Other architectural metal work such as roof vents, wall vents, chimney caps, cupolas, roof finials, dormer vents, chimney pots, awnings, canopies, deck railings, soffit vents, etc., may also be painted to coordinate with your home colors or building decor. Oftentimes, standard products are only available in a limited color range of colors and styles. The regular paint finish might also not be very durable and may fade, peel, chip, crack, blister or flake rather quickly or in a matter of years. You want your painted architectural metal surfaces to last under normal usage and conditions for at least about 20 years with 30-35 years even better yet. Deteriorated or damaged paint coverings not only detract from your home's appearance and lowers value, but also accelerate corrosion and wear of the underlying metal. Replacement, refinishing or repainting of deteriorated metalwork can be both time consuming and costly. Starting out with a better paint finish better protects your investment and is a far better value in the long run.

Gutter Color Chart - Regular Paint Finish

gutters colors for aluminum gutters and downspouts, pictured are regular paint finish colors

Gutters Color Chart - Premium Kynar Finish
gutters colors for gutters downspouts and architectural metal work pictured are premium Kynar 500 paint finish colors

gutters colors for gutters downspouts and architectural metal work pictured are premium Kynar 500 paint finish colors

Regular quality paint finishes for architectural metal surfaces may often utilize thermally set polyester acrylic paint and are often found on better aluminum gutters and downspouts. If properly applied with a nice thick coating, these should last for about 20 years or so without cracking, blistering, peeling, flaking or chipping providing there is no external physical damage. Any damaged or deteriorated spots should be refinished, restored or touched up immediately to prevent further deterioration. Kynar 500, a member of the teflon family, is an even better premium custom paint finish which is more durable and longer lasting than regular paint finishes. A Kynar paint finish is virtually self-cleaning and requires much less maintenance. Kynar also offers much less chalking effect, less color change or fading than regular paint finishes and Kynar offers better abrasion resistance as well. A custom Kynar paint finish may be applied to any aluminum, galvanized steel and galvalume architectural metal work including gutters, downspouts, cupolas, roof finials, chimney caps, metal dormers, awnings, roof vents, wall vents, etc. Rutland offers in-house custom Kynar paint finish as an option for their extensive selection of gutters, downspouts and architectutral metal work. Many of Rutland's products are also available in an unfinished state in mill finish aluminum, paint grip galvanized steel or galvalume, which may be custom finished on site by the local contractor, building or home owner. Sometimes galvalume gutters and downspouts are left in an unfinished state and the innate protection may provide about 40 years worth of durability and low maintenance performance. Rutland's gutter supplies, roof accessories and architectural metal work are also available in copper, stainless steel and zinc which are most always left unfinished and whose naturally protective and durable surfaces can last upwards to 70-90 plus years with little to no maintenance required.

12/16/2010 11:15 AM Eastern Standard Time

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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Copper Chimney Caps - Custom Stainless Steel Chimney Caps

Copper chimney caps and stainless steel chimney caps can be fashioned in all shapes, sizes and styles by metal and copper work craftsmen. Chimneys can take on a whole new appearance with a custom chimney cap mounted on the chimney top, made from high quality pure copper or thick gauge stainless steel. Instead of a minimal afterthought, chimney caps can become an attractive focal point and provide additional architectural interest and elegance to fine homes and commercial buildings.

stainless steel chimney cap - custom heavy gauge stainless steel design pictured

Custom Stainless Steel Chimney Cap

stainless steel chimney cap - custom high quality stainless steel design readied for shipment shown here

Stainless Steel Chimney Cap Ready for Shipment

copper chimney cap - custom heavy weight copper chimney top design being lifted into position

Copper Chimney Top Lifted Into Installation Position

copper chimney cap - custom heavy weight copper chimney cap design shown installed

Copper Chimney Cap - Installed

copper chimney cap - custom copper chimney cap with copper lattice sides pictured

Custom Copper Chimney Cap - Chimney Top

Custom high quality, heavy weight copper chimney caps and thick gauge stainless steel chimney caps not only are more elegant and attractive, they also are extremely durable, low maintenance and have extremely long lifespans proving better long term value than low cost designs. The welded, polished seams provide strength, trouble free durability and more attractive refined appearance. The larger sized heavy weight copper and stainless steel chimney caps may require several installers or else a lift to maneuver them into place. But once in place they will provide a lifetime of beauty and functional elegance. Rutland works with architects, contractors and property owners to help design the perfect custom chimney cap for your architecture. Rutland utilizes architectural CAD working drawings in the design process and can custom manufacture any size and style of chimney cap, chimney top or chimney shroud to accommodate customer specifications. Custom copper chimney caps, stainless steel and if desired custom painted aluminum chimney caps can be crafted by Rutland's metal fabrication and copper work craftsmen.

11/18/2010 7:15 PM Eastern Standard Time

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Monday, November 01, 2010

Cupola

Cupola is typically a smaller structure mounted on top of a larger structure such as a roof. The roof may be virtually any shape and material. Cupola are frequently seen on top of homes, public buildings, businesses and pavilions. Cupolas may also be mounted on top of structures such as dome roofs, turrets, towers, steeples, spires and gazebos. A cupola is designed to admit light and air to the structure or building below and also provide architectural interest and elegance. Functional cupola louver vents are designed to promote air flow and provide ventilation to the roof or attic space below. Cupola has also been described in architectural terms as a small domed structure on top a building which provides light, ventilation and decoration.

cupola - custom copper cupola with copper roof finial cone top view pictured here

Custom Copper Cupola - 4 Sided Roof Cupola w/ Copper Finial
copper cupola - custom roof cupola with copper finial cone pictured front view

roof cupola - custom copper cupola with roof finial copper cone pictured corner view

Cupolas are a very popular architectural enhancement on top of homes, gazebos, pavilions, barns, government or public buildings and businesses. Roof top cupolas may also be surrounded with a roof deck railing or widows walk for additional architectural interest. Cupolas are an attractive architectural feature wherever they are present. Cupolas also can provide substantial ventilation to the roof, attic or building space below. Cupolas may be built in various shapes including circular, square, hexagonal, octagonal or custom shapes. Cupolas typically are then topped with a domed, conical, bell-shaped or curved pyramidal, hexagonal or octagonal roof. The cupola roof is then often finished or crowned with an ornamental roof finial perched on top. Cupolas may be constructed from a variety of materials with wood and metals being the most common. Among metals, rust-free aluminum and copper are the most preferred materials. Aluminum is a light weight material and can be painted to coordinate with building wall or trim colors. Copper cupolas are typically not painted or coated, provide an elegant and distinguished appearance, will weather beautifully, are virtually maintenance-free, are a very green design, are very durable and are the longest lasting of all cupola construction materials. Any style of cupola will provide a pleasing attractive appearance and elegance to any building structure including a gazebo cupola for example, while cupola ventilation louvers provide excellent roof ventilation.

cupola hexagonal aluminum roof cupola with horse weathervane finial pictured roof cupola hexagonal aluminum cupola with horse weather vane pictured here
Cupola Hexagonal Aluminum w/ Horse Weathervane

Cupola designs on this page were custom manufactured by the architectural metal and copper work craftsmen at Rutland. Rutland will custom craft a cupola out of copper or aluminum in any size to your own design specifications. Cupolas can be fabricated for installation on any roof pitch and with different base shapes. Copper cupolas are made from pure heavyweight copper and have TIG welded frame. The polished, welded seams provide strength, durability and a refined appearance. Aluminum cupolas may be constructed entirely of aluminum or optionally have a copper roof. Aluminum cupolas are available in mill finish aluminum (unfinished) or optionally may be custom painted in a wide variety of colors, including two-tone. Other cupola options include louver vents for ventilation on the sides and a wide variety of decorative finials or weather vanes mounted on top. Cupolas can be shipped or delivered anywhere in North America. More custom cupola designs and standard cupola designs including 4-sided, hexagonal and octagonal may be seen at Rutland Cupolas with architectural CAD drawings also available for viewing.

11/1/2010 4:37 PM Eastern Standard Time

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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Copper Home Decor - Elegant, Healthy, Green

Copper home decor is unmistakably elegant, warm, inviting and luxurious while copper decor and copper accessories are also the healthiest choice due to copper's germ killing, antimicrobial power and copper additionally is a substantial contributor to eco-friendly green design as well. Copper decor has been around forever but is becoming increasingly fashionable today and part of a natural trend in home architecture and interior design.

Copper Bath Tub (Juliana)

copper bathroom sink - copper faucet - copper toilet handle pictured here

Copper Bathroom Sink - Copper Faucet - Handle

copper sink set in blue stonework with inlaid copper designs and copper faucet, design by Milestone pictured

copper sink set in blue stonework with inlaid copper designs and copper faucet, design by Milestone pictured

Copper Sink and Stonework (Milestone)

copper shower enclosure and copper pan, indoor copper shower and outdoor copper shower shown

Copper Shower Enclosure & Pan - Indoor and Outdoor
(Indoor Copper Shower courtesy ExtremeHowTo.com - Frigo Design)

copper kitchen sink pebbled hammered copper design pictured here

copper kitchen sink pebbled hammered copper design pictured here

Copper Kitchen Sink

copper stove La Cornue copper design pictured here

Copper Stove (La Cornue)

copper range hood kitchen island hood by Rutland Copper Kitchen Decor pictured

Copper Range Hood (Rutland Copper Kitchen Hoods)

copper island bar face Chris Lemmen copper design pictured here

Copper Kitchen Island Bar Facing (Chris Lemmen)

copper kitchen sink - copper kitchen countertops pictured

Copper Sinks - Copper Counter Tops

copper kitchen cabinet doors Ikea Rubrik copper design pictured here

Copper Kitchen Cabinet Doors (Ikea Rubrik)

copper furniture Rainbow Copper Southwest Furniture Copper design pictured here

Copper Furniture (Rainbow Copper Southwest)

copper doors entryway by Saxony copper design pictured here

Copper Door Entryway (Saxony)

Copper has traditionally been used in home design for its aesthetic qualities of warmth, elegance and unique timeless beauty. Copper and most copper alloys have warmth and elegance compared to the more institutional look of say, stainless steel. Not everyone knows about the tremendous antimicrobial, antibacterial, germicidal power of copper or about copper being a very green material. As more people become aware of these uniquely copper attributes, the demand for copper products will skyrocket. Already the copper industry has been seeing increased demand for copper products over the past eight years, with a large increase in the breadth of copper products as well as the number of copper product manufacturers which supply them. Copper is the only natural material which will kill harmful bacteria, germs, fungus, mold, contagious pathogens and deadly viruses which come in contact with the copper surface. The U.S. EPA has uniquely approved copper as a germicidal agent and numerous studies have proven copper's amazing antibacterial quality. Copper starts killing germs, bacteria, viruses immediately and they are completely eliminated within hours with tremendous health benefits throughout the home, especially kitchens and bathrooms. For example E-Coli survives on stainless steel for up to 34 days while on copper surfaces it is 90% eradicated within 90 minutes, 99.9% within 2 hours and completely within 4 hours.

Copper is also one of the greenest materials ever known to man. Copper can be recycled 100% and in fact most of the copper used today in the U.S. is recycled with 4/5 of the copper ever mined around the world still in use today. Yet, we haven't even come close to tapping into all the copper deposits around the world. Copper is also one of our most durable materials and retains its excellent corrosion resistance, anti-fungal, antimicrobial and weatherability properties throughout it's extremely long life. At the end of it's long life or present application, all the copper can be reclaimed and used again and again somewhere else. Copper besides being the greenest metal is also one of the easiest metals to work with, being very malleable and can be textured, hammered, quilted, patinated, polished, rubbed and fired, giving copper the ability to evolve into many textures, hues, designs and styles, which will fit into any style of home decor, interior design or architecture.

copper garage door with glass laminate panels and copper frame by Windsor pictured

Copper Garage Door (Windsor)

10/20/2010 10:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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Thursday, October 07, 2010

Naples - Ft Myers - Seamless - Gutters - Copper - Work - SW - Florida

Today we share a few pictures of some wonderful seamless gutter system installation, copper roofing and other types of copper work in the South West Florida coastal area including Naples and Ft Myers. The corrosive salt air environment being right on the Gulf of Mexico makes copper gutter systems and other architectural copper work the longest lasting and best solution due to copper's excellent corrosion resistance, durability and weatherability. Copper is also a very green building material and all the copper can be recycled 100% at the end of it's up to 90 plus year lifespan.

copper gutters half round and elegant leaderheads shown on this two story south west Florida home

half round copper gutters, round downspouts and leader conductor heads shown on this two story home in Fort Myers, Florida

The home in the above pictures has a very nice installation of half round copper gutters, round copper downspouts, round copper goose neck elbows, decorative copper gutter and downspout brackets and copper leader heads shown mounted inline on the downspouts directly below the gutters. The copper gutter system has already developed a warm reddish brown patina which blends in beautifully with the clay tile roof and house trim work.

copper gutters half round with radius gutter design and elegant copper roof shown on this Naples, Florida home

The residence in the picture directly above, also has half round copper gutters including a graceful radius or rounded copper gutter curving around the edges of this lovely copper roof positioned above the entryway porch.

copper gutters half round, round copper downspouts and copper balcony railing shown on this southwest Florida residence

copper half round gutters and round copper downspouts with shiny new appearance shown on this west Florida coastal residence

This two story sun washed residence shows some nice closeups of the copper half round gutters and round copper downspouts which are a fairly new installation, as you can tell by the more shiny pure copper gutter and downspout appearance. The bottom picture shows the symmetrical downspouts looking somewhat like a performance car's dual exhausts. A lovely and intricately detailed copper railing can also be seen on the 2nd floor balcony in the top picture.

copper roof on turret conical shape, copper roof deck railing, copper shutters, copper gutters and copper downspouts shown on this SW Florida residence

The house above has an extensive array of elegant copper work including a conical copper roof on top of the distinctive protruding turret to the front right. There is a copper roof deck railing or widow's walk which can be seen on top of the home. There are also copper balcony railings and copper window shades - shutters. And of course there are also round copper gutters and downspouts to coordinate nicely with the other copper work, roof and trim.

seamless gutters K-style aluminum and corrugated downspouts in two-tone color shown on this Fort Myers Florida home

Painted K-Style Gutters and Corrugated Downspout

galvalume half round gutters and round downspouts with decorative brackets shown on this Sarasota, Florida house

Painted Half Round Gutters and Round Downspouts

The two homes in the pictures above show painted gutters and downspouts. The top picture shows painted common K-style gutters with conventional corrugated downspouts, albeit in two-tone brown gutters and white downspouts as specified by the builder. The contrasting bottom picture shows attractively painted galvalume half round gutters and round downspouts, along with decorative gutter hangers and downspout straps which enhance this home's gutter system. Aluminum and galvalume represent two of the lowest priced materials for gutters and downspouts with approximately 30-40 year lifespan providing they have a quality paint coating like Kynar. Galvalume optionally may also be left uncoated with a medium grayish appearance that weathers well and still lasts about 30-40 years. Aluminum oxidizes quickly and should be maintained with a quality coating.

All seamless gutter installations and copper work shown above were performed by the SW Florida Rutland Guttering team. They can install any kind of gutter system including half round, k-style (ogee), box, quarter round and custom styles of gutters. Their downspout options include seamless round, smooth square, round fluted and rectangular corrugated styles. Gutter and downspout material choices include copper, aluminum, galvalume, stainless steel, galvanized steel, zinc and lead-coated or zinc-coated copper (with grayish appearance). They are experienced with any size and scope of residential and commercial guttering projects and architectural copper work. You may visit their website Rutland Guttering - Architectural Copper Work to view additional pictures of their extensive residential and commercial work, also to obtain more information and get contact details. Rutland Guttering provides a comprehensive lifetime warranty on all of their residential gutter system work.