Patent ID: 8621821

Claim:
In combination: a) a gutter piece having a length between spaced ends, a front a rear, a bottom and a top, the gutter piece having an upwardly opening “U” shape, as viewed in cross-section taken transversely to the length of the gutter piece, for accumulating water and guiding accumulated water in a lengthwise direction; b) a structure upon which the gutter piece is fixedly attached in a first position; and c) a gauging apparatus that is operatively attached to the gutter piece and having a front and rear and a projecting portion with an edge or surface that abuts a surface on the structure to which the gutter piece is attached that faces lengthwise relative to the gutter piece so as to thereby block the gutter piece from moving in a first direction relative to the structure generally parallel to the length of the gutter piece during alignment of the gutter piece preparatory to fixing the gutter piece in the first position so that the gutter piece is consistently aligned with the structure in a direction lengthwise of the gutter piece, wherein the edge or surface resides between the spaced ends of the gutter piece wherein the gauging apparatus is not fixed to the structure so as to be separable from the structure with the gutter piece fixedly mounted in the first position.