From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   BP wrote in message news:10ebs5n$3br62$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   I finally climbed up for a hands-on look and found I was very   
   wrong about the state of the gutter and the likely leak.   
      
   The gutter is _not_ rusting through, and the leak appears   
   to be at a seam a foot or two from where the drips were   
   landing. The bumps I took to be rust blisters are just   
   moss stuck to the gutter (convincingly near the point of   
   drippage) and the seam, which looked crude but functional   
   from the ground is clearly cracked in what looks like caulk.   
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   If only the rust on my vehicles was an illusion! The hole has been taped to   
   keep critters out.   
      
   I've had better long term results with silicone instead of acrylic caulk,   
   where it doesn't need paint. Metal and plastic gutters change length with   
   temperature more that the wood of the house and the joints must allow it   
   unless the gutter is free to slide.   
      
   Wood has among the lowest thermal expansion rates along the grain, and one   
   of the highest across it.   
   https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/linear-expansion-coefficients-d_95.html   
      
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