5 inch wide K-style gutters are the residential industry's standard.
6 inch wide K-style gutters are used for larger roofs.

Advantages:

• Widely available.
  
  
• Low cost, and relatively easily maintained.
  
  
• The gutters are seamless.
  
  
• Available in many colors.
  
  
• Long-term warranties on coatings.

Aluminum gutters and leaders are by far the most popular gutter systems. Available in a variety of styles, including K-style, and half-round.

Ever hear people in the gutter industry refer to gutters as 'K-style' or 'ogee' gutters and wondered what that meant? Well, ogee is simply a term that refers to any architectural design that incorporates a double curve with the shape of an elongated 'S'. Viewed from the side, 'ogee' gutters have an elongated 'S' incorporated into the front face design. K-style gutters are simply ogee gutters. In the U.S., the most common gutters are five-inch or six-inch (measured front to back at the widest point) K-style gutters. Over the past twenty years, galvanized steel has been replaced by coated aluminum, and ten foot pieces with welded or soldered seams has given way to seamless gutters manufactured right on the construction site.

All gutters are either sectional or seamless (or continuous). Sectional gutters are sold in pieces and installed as component systems. All do-it-yourself gutter systems are sectional. The sections themselves can be over 20 ft. long each or cut to any size with a hacksaw. Snap-in-place connectors join gutter sections to each other and to downspouts. All sectional systems have end caps, corner pieces and drop outlets for connecting to downspouts. The drawback to sectional systems is that all those seams can eventually invite leaks. Seamless gutters won't leak at seams because there are none; sections join only at inside and outside corners and at downspout outlets. That's why they're the most popular configuration. Seamless gutters, made of aluminum, galvalume or copper, are extruded to custom lengths on site using a portable machine.

Travel to Europe and you'll see many historic buildings guttered in half round copper rain gutter. From elaborate palaces, to common bungalows, half round copper rain gutter in various sizes, weights, and ornamentation grace almost every structure. Half round copper rain gutters are an important part of the character and architecture of European buildings. Because it's so pliable, and can withstand the rigors of time and the elements, copper has been used extensively throughout Europe for centuries. Now this classic design is more popular than ever.

Available in copper, aluminum & Galvalume

Gutters can be visually enhanced to provide a home's exterior with more pizzazz. When buying a new gutter system, you can make an architectural statement by using decorative ornaments or brackets, scalloped fascia boards and beaded soffits, or a high-end material like traditional, old-fashioned copper.

If your looking to add an old world elegance and authenticity to your home, consider half round copper rain gutters from Superior Gutters. Half Round Gutters are available in Copper, Aluminum and Galvalume.

There are two good reasons for buying a copper gutter system: style and durability. More malleable than aluminum, copper systems also allow for more ornamental features. Decorative flourishes include shells, birds and leaves that can be soldered to the face of the gutter, rain deflectors that fit on inside corners, and downspout boots. (Some of these ornaments are available in aluminum and can be used to enhance aluminum gutters.)

Although copper systems cost more than aluminum gutters, they also can last twice as long. Copper gutters and leaders can last 40 years and longer.If your roof is at the end of its life span, combining copper gutters and a new roof with shingles rated for up to 40 years could be a smart move.Properly sizing copper gutters is key. If copper gutters are undersized, then water will splash out onto the siding. Over time, copper turns a patina green, but this greenish color can also be splashed onto siding and brick through the overflow, and it can be tough to get rid of. Superior Gutters professionals can calculate the amount of water runoff, which will help determine the gutter size you need.