If you visit a home improvement store, you can find both aluminum and vinyl (plastic) rain gutter materials, and we often get the question—what are the pros and cons of plastic rain gutters in Provo? We sell and install aluminum rain gutters, but you can buy vinyl materials and install them yourself, which is the main advantage of using vinyl instead of aluminum. What are the other pros and cons? Price, look, and durability are the top three considerations.
Plastic Rain Gutters in Provo
When you are thinking of plastic rain gutters in Provo, you are thinking of DIY rain gutters, and that is the main advantage of vinyl: you can buy it and install it yourself. Aluminum rain gutters require equipment that the average homeowner simply doesn’t have, so if you are a determined DIY person, vinyl is the way to go.
The first advantage of plastic rain gutters in Provo is the price. Because they are pre-formed in a factory, and because vinyl is not as durable as aluminum, vinyl rain gutters are cheaper than aluminum. The lower price comes with other costs, however, so don’t stop your comparison on price alone.
The look of the rain gutters may not be quite what you are expecting, Plastic rain gutters in Provo and elsewhere come in 10-foot lengths, which means you have a seam every ten feet along your rain gutter. Not everyone looks at a home’s rain gutter, so the seams may not be noticeable to most people.
Those seams, however, bring us to point three: durability. Sadly, vinyl is not as wear and weather resistant as aluminum. In siding, vinyl works well: it doesn’t have to hold water. In rain gutters, the water may stand and freeze frequently during the winter, and many homes have their plastic rain gutters fail within the first year—particularly at those seams.
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