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Eavetroughing design question BSAKing@hotmail.com 05-29-2008
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Posted by BSAKing@hotmail.com on May 29, 2008, 6:03 am
The issue is a bungalow with an addition on it. Where the roofs meet,
it creates a 'V' obviously on a slope. Below the edge of the 'V' the
eavetroughs form a right angle turn. When it rains, the water streams
down this 'V', creates a mini-torrent of water and almost overshoots
the eavetroughing and certainly spills over the egde and pours onto
the deck below and splashes into the family room unless the door is
closed below. This means you can't just use the screened door..

There must be millions of homes with this type of design issue - so,
is there some sort of special eavetrough component to fix this? I had
thought perhaps something wider than regular eavetroughing, curved,
with higher sides that just snaps to connect to the regular
eavetrough.

So far I have not seen anything like this and have yet to come up with
a good solution to the problem.

I am sure there must be a fix for this. Does anyone know of one?

Help! TIA....

Posted by JimR on May 29, 2008, 8:23 pm

> The issue is a bungalow with an addition on it. Where the roofs meet,
> it creates a 'V' obviously on a slope. Below the edge of the 'V' the
> eavetroughs form a right angle turn. When it rains, the water streams
> down this 'V', creates a mini-torrent of water and almost overshoots
> the eavetroughing and certainly spills over the egde and pours onto
> the deck below and splashes into the family room unless the door is
> closed below. This means you can't just use the screened door..
>
> There must be millions of homes with this type of design issue - so,
> is there some sort of special eavetrough component to fix this? I had
> thought perhaps something wider than regular eavetroughing, curved,
> with higher sides that just snaps to connect to the regular
> eavetrough.
>
> So far I have not seen anything like this and have yet to come up with
> a good solution to the problem.
>
> I am sure there must be a fix for this. Does anyone know of one?
>
> Help! TIA.

I've got a similar corner, and the gutters have an additional aluminum strip
that extends above the top of the gutters by about 6 inches, and is about 1
1/2 feet long on each side of the corner. This cornerpiece keeps water
coming down the valley from overflowing onto the ground.



Posted by BSAKing@hotmail.com on May 29, 2008, 10:59 pm
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > The issue is a bungalow with an addition on it. Where the roofs meet,
> > it creates a 'V' obviously on a slope. Below the edge of the 'V' the
> > eavetroughs form a right angle turn. When it rains, the water streams
> > down this 'V', creates a mini-torrent of water and almost overshoots
> > the eavetroughing and certainly spills over the egde and pours onto
> > the deck below and splashes into the family room unless the door is
> > closed below. This means you can't just use the screened door..
>
> > There must be millions of homes with this type of design issue - so,
> > is there some sort of special eavetrough component to fix this? I had
> > thought perhaps something wider than regular eavetroughing, curved,
> > with higher sides that just snaps to connect to the regular
> > eavetrough.
>
> > So far I have not seen anything like this and have yet to come up with
> > a good solution to the problem.
>
> > I am sure there must be a fix for this. Does anyone know of one?
>
> > Help! TIA.
>
> I've got a similar corner, and the gutters have an additional aluminum str=
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> that extends above the top of the gutters by about 6 inches, and is about =
1
> 1/2 feet long on each side of the corner. =A0This cornerpiece keeps water
> coming down the valley from overflowing onto the ground.- Hide quoted text=
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>
> - Show quoted text -

yes - thanks. THat was what I had come up with for plan 'B'. Is this
pre-fab or something someone has added on do you think?

Posted by Erma1ina on May 30, 2008, 1:18 am
"BSAKing@hotmail.com" wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > The issue is a bungalow with an addition on it. Where the roofs meet,
> > > it creates a 'V' obviously on a slope. Below the edge of the 'V' the
> > > eavetroughs form a right angle turn. When it rains, the water streams
> > > down this 'V', creates a mini-torrent of water and almost overshoots
> > > the eavetroughing and certainly spills over the egde and pours onto
> > > the deck below and splashes into the family room unless the door is
> > > closed below. This means you can't just use the screened door..
> >
> > > There must be millions of homes with this type of design issue - so,
> > > is there some sort of special eavetrough component to fix this? I had
> > > thought perhaps something wider than regular eavetroughing, curved,
> > > with higher sides that just snaps to connect to the regular
> > > eavetrough.
> >
> > > So far I have not seen anything like this and have yet to come up with
> > > a good solution to the problem.
> >
> > > I am sure there must be a fix for this. Does anyone know of one?
> >
> > > Help! TIA.
> >
> > I've got a similar corner, and the gutters have an additional aluminum strip
> > that extends above the top of the gutters by about 6 inches, and is about 1
> > 1/2 feet long on each side of the corner. This cornerpiece keeps water
> > coming down the valley from overflowing onto the ground.- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> yes - thanks. THat was what I had come up with for plan 'B'. Is this
> pre-fab or something someone has added on do you think?

Google "gutter valley splash guards". For example:

http://www.gutterworks.com/gutter_splash_guards.htm

Posted by JimR on May 30, 2008, 8:10 pm

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>
[snip]
> I've got a similar corner, and the gutters have an additional aluminum
> strip
> that extends above the top of the gutters by about 6 inches, and is about
> 1
> 1/2 feet long on each side of the corner. This cornerpiece keeps water
> coming down the valley from overflowing onto the ground.- Hide quoted
> text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

yes - thanks. THat was what I had come up with for plan 'B'. Is this
pre-fab or something someone has added on do you think?

It was part of the original installation -- Jim R



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