Let s break down the cost of these bookshelves.
Rain gutter shelves.
Vinyl rain gutters our rain gutter shelves are all 5 feet or 2 1 2 feet long and the gutters come in 10 foot lengths.
Here s your quick guide to making rain gutter bookshelves with more details below.
Once the rain gutters are dry mark where you want to install them.
Vinyl rain gutters our rain gutter shelves are all 5 feet or 2 1 2 feet long and the gutters come in 10 foot lengths.
Start by attaching the rain gutters to the wall by drilling into the stud.
The rain gutter book shelves don t look like i anticipated they would.
End caps for the rain gutters.
Each bookshelf cost me rain gutters 3 98 for 10 ft so approx.
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Depending on how high you install them they can take on the appearance of a chair rail can be used to keep things out of the reach of inquisitive younger siblings or make an attractive shelf that can hold a multitude of things.
After hanging each rain gutter shelf with one screw into the stud add two more drywall screws to each shelf.
They look 10x better.
Figure out what your rain gutter shelf is going to look like buy your materials cut your shelves to length if not using end caps sand down the edges of the gutters so they re smooth if painting paint the gutters after you cut them.
I had all the other tools and hardware on hand.
Attach stickers or decorate and enjoy your new diy rain gutter bookshelves.
Brackets for the rain gutters i used either 2 or 3 brackets per 5 feet of shelving depending on how much use i thought the shelf would get.
Gutter hangers 2 45 each so approx 5 per shelf.
That is a total of about 14 per shelf.