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

2.   If it is a wood gutter, it may be permanently bent and should be replaced.

3.   Q. I just replaced my wood gutters with brand new wood gutters.

4.   Q. The wood gutter fell off the front of my house.

5.   Q. My wood gutter was spliced in the center, and that is where it rotted out and leaked.

6.   Q. You have suggested that wood gutters should be oiled twice a year.

7.   The purists might not like it, insisting on traditional wood gutters, or better yet, copper gutters.

8.   Wood gutters are made from redwood, red cedar and Douglas fir.

9.   Wood gutters are not cheap.