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Posted by zcarenow@yahoo.com on July 1, 2007, 12:03 pm
Hello,
I have a gutter problem now. When it rains, the water drains off the
gutter to the side. After it stopped raining, i checked it and there
was nothing blocking the drain. Also, i noticed the water dripping
underneath. I thought there might be a hole underneath it, but there
wasn't as far as my eye could see so it must be the water dripping to
the side and flowing down. What is causing this? The dent? Is there a
way to fix this without replacing the entire gutter. It is a metal
gutter. I have a few pics which one is during the downpour and the
other one with rain subsided quite a bit. Thanks.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/inquisitiveman/Picture006a.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/inquisitiveman/Picture007a.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/inquisitiveman/Picture009.jpg
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Posted by Abe on July 1, 2007, 12:09 pm
On Sun, 01 Jul 2007 09:03:47 -0700, "zcarenow@yahoo.com"
>Hello,
>I have a gutter problem now. When it rains, the water drains off the
>gutter to the side. After it stopped raining, i checked it and there
>was nothing blocking the drain. Also, i noticed the water dripping
>underneath. I thought there might be a hole underneath it, but there
>wasn't as far as my eye could see so it must be the water dripping to
>the side and flowing down. What is causing this? The dent? Is there a
>way to fix this without replacing the entire gutter. It is a metal
>gutter. I have a few pics which one is during the downpour and the
>other one with rain subsided quite a bit. Thanks.
>
>http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/inquisitiveman/Picture006a.jpg
>http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/inquisitiveman/Picture007a.jpg
>http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/inquisitiveman/Picture009.jpg
The problem is due to the dip in the area of the gutter in the area of
the dent. The gutter should have a continuous straight slope to the
downspout. You can try working out the dip. In the event you can't
work it out, replace that section of gutter.
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Posted by RicodJour on July 1, 2007, 12:14 pm
> Hello,
> I have a gutter problem now. When it rains, the water drains off the
> gutter to the side. After it stopped raining, i checked it and there
> was nothing blocking the drain. Also, i noticed the water dripping
> underneath. I thought there might be a hole underneath it, but there
> wasn't as far as my eye could see so it must be the water dripping to
> the side and flowing down. What is causing this? The dent? Is there a
> way to fix this without replacing the entire gutter. It is a metal
> gutter. I have a few pics which one is during the downpour and the
> other one with rain subsided quite a bit. Thanks.
The gutter can't handle that volume of rainfall. The dent is
providing a low spot, but there appears to be a reasonable amount of
slope to the gutter so it shouldn't be overflowing in the middle.
There's a restriction to the water flow somewhere for sure - I'd check
for blockage in the downspout (aka leader).
If the gutter overflows in less than monsoon conditions, you may
simply be asking it to handle a volume of water that it can't. Adding
another downspout would help, but that isn't always possible due to
problems with location. You'd also have to reset the gutter so it
would drain to both downspouts. Replacing the 5" gutter with 6" and
the 2" x 3" downspout with a 3" x 4" would most likely take care of
any capacity problems.
Easiest thing is to have the gutter replaced, but check for blockage
in the downspout that might not be visible before you spend any
money. Run a plumbing snake down it, or stick a running hose in it
and work it down to see if you can blow the blockage loose.
R
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Posted by Joe on July 1, 2007, 12:26 pm
> Hello,
> I have a gutter problem now. When it rains, the water drains off the
> gutter to the side. After it stopped raining, i checked it and there
> was nothing blocking the drain. Also, i noticed the water dripping
> underneath. I thought there might be a hole underneath it, but there
> wasn't as far as my eye could see so it must be the water dripping to
> the side and flowing down. What is causing this? The dent? Is there a
> way to fix this without replacing the entire gutter. It is a metal
> gutter. I have a few pics which one is during the downpour and the
> other one with rain subsided quite a bit. Thanks.
>
>
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/inquisitiveman/Picture006a.jpghttp://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/inquisitiveman/Picture007a.jpghttp://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/inquisitiveman/Picture009.jpg
That poor gutter needs to be replaced. The failure area seems to be
where two sections were joined together. These days some contractors
are offering seamless gutters, which are made from coil stock on the
job site. The continuous lengths have minor advantages, like somewhat
better flow, better appearance, and longer life. Installation in our
area is also cheaper, less labor.You also obviously have tree leaves
to contend with, so you need to adopt a regular cleaning schedule to
keep the system clean. HTH
Joe
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Posted by DanG on July 1, 2007, 12:38 pm
Take a garden hose and run it down the downspout. I really feel
like the something is preventing it from taking the rain. It
could be choked with leaves and not be visible at the inlet. You
might look into adding an additional downspout(s). From your
pictures, I can't see any.
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> Hello,
> I have a gutter problem now. When it rains, the water drains off
> the
> gutter to the side. After it stopped raining, i checked it and
> there
> was nothing blocking the drain. Also, i noticed the water
> dripping
> underneath. I thought there might be a hole underneath it, but
> there
> wasn't as far as my eye could see so it must be the water
> dripping to
> the side and flowing down. What is causing this? The dent? Is
> there a
> way to fix this without replacing the entire gutter. It is a
> metal
> gutter. I have a few pics which one is during the downpour and
> the
> other one with rain subsided quite a bit. Thanks.
>
> http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/inquisitiveman/Picture006a.jpg
> http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/inquisitiveman/Picture007a.jpg
> http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/inquisitiveman/Picture009.jpg
>
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