Adding Vinyl Gutters To A Carolina Carport

Rain Water For The Pond

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The north side of the carport before adding gutters	Assembling an Amerimax vinyl gutter		Click or tap on any image and use the arrows to go between them
Drilling into the carport post to attach the hook with the supplied gutter hook screw	The hook between the posts ...	... is bolted through
			The downspout is anchored to the post. No problem with hanging heavy wet shirts.
Two elbows and a twisted spout send it towards the pond	A water line to the pond filler parallels the long slightly down spout	At the far end of the long spout, it turns towards the pond	Top view of the same corner
Both carport gutter downspout assemblies empty into the pond here			A Logitech 750e internet camera caught the first rainfall about 6 months later
The south side of the carport before adding gutters	My 1st gutter. I trimmed the inner lip to make it fit behind, but than realized it was not necessary.	Need to cut the gutter to fit around this awkward angle	By the time it was done, I knew that I should have just cut the stack and moved the elbow down
I later caulked this, but it does not leave much room for the the rain water to get by	The aluminum C-channel is there to hold the compost toilet stack steady in high wind	The gutter hook comes with a verticle flap on the wall end, which I had to cut off to fit it to the carport surface
This plastic outlet breaks easily. They do have other designs that might work better.	Two connectors between the elbows, locked in place with screws, allowed me to aim the outlet left of center		A submerged pump recirculates the pond water through this hose
			Six years later, all is well.