How much guttering do I need?
Replace a run of gutter — enter the length of the eaves and your downpipes and get the gutter lengths, brackets, union joints, outlets, stop ends, corners and downpipe parts to buy, so you come back from the merchant with everything that clips together. Free, no sign-up.
A guide, not a guarantee. We size brackets at your chosen spacing plus one for the far end, a union joint between each straight length, a running outlet per downpipe, and the stop ends and corners you enter. Downpipes get pipe clips roughly every 1.8 m plus one at the socket, two offset bends to reach back to the wall, and a shoe at the bottom. Fitting brands vary, so check each piece is from the same system. Leave room for expansion at the joints. Nothing you type leaves your browser.
The run, the brackets, and the drops.
Start with the run. Measure the total length of eaves the gutter follows and we divide by your gutter length — 2 m or 4 m — rounding up to whole lengths, with a union joint between each one.
Brackets hold it up. Fascia brackets must be no more than a metre apart (closer for metal gutter or where snow loads up), or the gutter sags and overflows. We space them at your figure and add one for the far end.
Outlets, stop ends and corners. Each downpipe needs a running outlet in the gutter above it; each open end needs a stop end; and the gutter needs an angle fitting at every corner. Tell us how many downpipes, ends and corners and we'll list them.
The downpipes. We work out the total drop, divide into pipe lengths, then add pipe clips (roughly every 1.8 m plus one at the socket), two offset bends to bring the pipe back to the wall under the eaves, and a shoe at the bottom to throw water clear.
What to remember. Give the gutter a slight fall — about 3 mm per metre — towards each outlet, leave the expansion gaps the markings show at every joint, and buy every part from the same brand and profile so it all clips together.
Keep every maintenance job in one place.
Stead remembers your home's details and when each job was done — so when the gutters need clearing or the next repair comes round, the history's already there.