On Sun, 01 Jul 2007 09:03:47 -0700, "
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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.

Do your downspouts disappear into the ground, or do they come out onto
splash blocks. If the latter, is the same amount coming out of the
one on this gutter as comes out some other side of the house?
Allowing for the difference in roof area that each gutter supports.

Do your neighbors with similarly sized roof areas have the same size
gutters or bigger? Do they have overflows?

Put a garden hose in the downspout with no nozzle on it and see how
much water the downspout can take before it backs up. I think maybe
it should be able to handle the maximum amount that your garden hose
can put out without backing up. Check other downspouts for
comparison.

If the downspout can handle all the water you can give it, for 4 or 5
minutes, maybe it is mostly the slope.

It's not the bump itself that is the problem but that it is sagging at
that spot. Maybe a couple gutter spikes or maybe gutter screws, one
on either side of that bump, to lift the gutter there, while you are
careful to lift it just enough so that it is at the original height,
so there is a continuous gradual slope in the whole gutter.

Get out there in the rain when the gutter is overlowing and with a
ladder check how high the water is in the gutters that aren't
overflowing, and look at the water surface in the overflowing one, and
check the level right next to the downspout. It should I think, since
your gutter isn't draining well, be higher than other parts of that
gutter, and decide if straigtening the gutter will be enough to stop
the overflowing, or to put more water at the downspout.

If one uses an aluminum step ladder but is right nest to the house
during lightning, is there a risk? I wouldn't think so if your head
is only a foot above the gutter or less, but I wouldn't use an
extension ladder that stuck up above the roof in a lightning storm.

Wood and fiberglass are fine.

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