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Posted by Tube Audio on September 4, 2008, 9:49 am
I am having a re-roof done including new gutters and downspouts. The gutter
guy came out yesterday and installed the gutters and downspouts.
Some of the downspouts are not perpendicular. If I measure the distance in
from the end of the house to the downspout, I get 7 inches at the top of the
downspout and about 6 in at the bottom of the downspout, so about an inch
difference, from a distance this is noticeable to the eye. This is a single
story Ranch style home, so the downspouts are about 7 feet long.
In other spots the distance is 1/2 or 3/4 of an inch.
Besides visually not being straight is there any disadvantage?
Screws into plastic anchors into the stucco hold the downspout straps in.
Am I being anal? Should I just reposition them myself, or call the roofing
company?
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Posted by LouB on September 4, 2008, 9:58 am
Tube Audio wrote:
> I am having a re-roof done including new gutters and downspouts. The gutter
> guy came out yesterday and installed the gutters and downspouts.
>
> Some of the downspouts are not perpendicular. If I measure the distance in
> from the end of the house to the downspout, I get 7 inches at the top of the
> downspout and about 6 in at the bottom of the downspout, so about an inch
> difference, from a distance this is noticeable to the eye. This is a single
> story Ranch style home, so the downspouts are about 7 feet long.
>
> In other spots the distance is 1/2 or 3/4 of an inch.
>
> Besides visually not being straight is there any disadvantage?
>
> Screws into plastic anchors into the stucco hold the downspout straps in.
>
> Am I being anal? Should I just reposition them myself, or call the roofing
> company?
>
>
You paid them. Makes one wonder about the quality of the rest of the
job. They do not seem to care about the quality of their work.
Lou
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Posted by jloomis on September 4, 2008, 10:10 am
These gutter guys promise the moon.........
I have seen installations and now that it is in........too late.....
The reason they did that was for ease of construction......
Less bends......and also maybe less places for debris to hang up.
If it is a cosmetic repair.........and the worry about debris is not an
aspect
I would ask them to hug it to the wall......
They use glue for sealing gutters.......some of the gutters were standing
water...
The gutters are easily dinged or damaged......
They are seamless, and look nice from a distance, and lots less problems
than plastic.
It is a toss up.
good luck
jloomis
>I am having a re-roof done including new gutters and downspouts. The
>gutter guy came out yesterday and installed the gutters and downspouts.
> Some of the downspouts are not perpendicular. If I measure the distance
> in from the end of the house to the downspout, I get 7 inches at the top
> of the downspout and about 6 in at the bottom of the downspout, so about
> an inch difference, from a distance this is noticeable to the eye. This
> is a single story Ranch style home, so the downspouts are about 7 feet
> long.
> In other spots the distance is 1/2 or 3/4 of an inch.
> Besides visually not being straight is there any disadvantage?
> Screws into plastic anchors into the stucco hold the downspout straps in.
> Am I being anal? Should I just reposition them myself, or call the
> roofing company?
>
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Posted by Don Young on September 4, 2008, 9:39 pm
>I am having a re-roof done including new gutters and downspouts. The
>gutter guy came out yesterday and installed the gutters and downspouts.
> Some of the downspouts are not perpendicular. If I measure the distance
> in from the end of the house to the downspout, I get 7 inches at the top
> of the downspout and about 6 in at the bottom of the downspout, so about
> an inch difference, from a distance this is noticeable to the eye. This
> is a single story Ranch style home, so the downspouts are about 7 feet
> long.
> In other spots the distance is 1/2 or 3/4 of an inch.
> Besides visually not being straight is there any disadvantage?
> Screws into plastic anchors into the stucco hold the downspout straps in.
> Am I being anal? Should I just reposition them myself, or call the
> roofing company?
They may have installed them plumb and it's your walls which are off. I
personally would have them follow the walls a bit closer but I think what
you have is not unusual and I would not worry about it. A lot of houses are
not very straight, level, square, or plumb and nobody ever notices.
Don Young
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Posted by Dioclese on September 5, 2008, 5:09 am
>I am having a re-roof done including new gutters and downspouts. The
>gutter guy came out yesterday and installed the gutters and downspouts.
> Some of the downspouts are not perpendicular. If I measure the distance
> in from the end of the house to the downspout, I get 7 inches at the top
> of the downspout and about 6 in at the bottom of the downspout, so about
> an inch difference, from a distance this is noticeable to the eye. This
> is a single story Ranch style home, so the downspouts are about 7 feet
> long.
> In other spots the distance is 1/2 or 3/4 of an inch.
> Besides visually not being straight is there any disadvantage?
> Screws into plastic anchors into the stucco hold the downspout straps in.
> Am I being anal? Should I just reposition them myself, or call the
> roofing company?
Minor angularity should not functionally affect the water flow of the
downspout. Though, its not terribly difficult to maintain a downspout
parallel with the average house. Where they chose to connect the downspout
with the house can cause problems with parallelism, considering brackets
available to them.
More importantly, the downspout should be pointed away from the house at its
termination. A splashblock should be used to minimize soil erosion. All
water should flow away from the house. Never settle near or at its
foundation.
--
Dave
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> guy came out yesterday and installed the gutters and downspouts.
>
> Some of the downspouts are not perpendicular. If I measure the distance in
> from the end of the house to the downspout, I get 7 inches at the top of the
> downspout and about 6 in at the bottom of the downspout, so about an inch
> difference, from a distance this is noticeable to the eye. This is a single
> story Ranch style home, so the downspouts are about 7 feet long.
>
> In other spots the distance is 1/2 or 3/4 of an inch.
>
> Besides visually not being straight is there any disadvantage?
>
> Screws into plastic anchors into the stucco hold the downspout straps in.
>
> Am I being anal? Should I just reposition them myself, or call the roofing
> company?
>
>