1.   The gutters were blocked and overflowing.

2.   A. The gutters must be galvanized steel, and if the rusting is widespread and severe, replace them with aluminum gutters.

3.   Even a copper gutter will be OK, as long as the downspout goes into the ground or a drywell.

4.   First there were gutters.

5.   Gutters are an important part of any house.

6.   I can understand your desire to install aluminum, because wood gutters are very expensive and need twice-yearly maintenance.

7.   If there are no gutters on the main house, you may have problems with cascading water hitting the porch roof.

8.   Make sure that gutters are sloped toward the downspout to eliminate standing water.

9.   Q. How long should a gutter be before it needs more than one downspout?

10.   Q. I was told that metal gutters are not good with a slate roof.