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Gutter height
Does anyone know what the standard height measurement is between the last
shingle on a roof and how low or high the gutter should be? I had a builder tell me that the gutters are too low after the second layer of roof shingles were installed over the first. and that they needed raised up. Larry |
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"Old_boat" wrote in
: Does anyone know what the standard height measurement is between the last shingle on a roof and how low or high the gutter should be? I had a builder tell me that the gutters are too low after the second layer of roof shingles were installed over the first. and that they needed raised up. Larry I'm not sure what the official spec for something like this is, or even if there is one, but it seems to me that the thickness of another row of shingles is not going to cause any problems. |
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Old_boat wrote:
Does anyone know what the standard height measurement is between the last shingle on a roof and how low or high the gutter should be? I had a builder tell me that the gutters are too low after the second layer of roof shingles were installed over the first. and that they needed raised up. Larry Does the water go into the gutter. Yes - don't worry. -- Joseph Meehan Dia duit |
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Place a straight-edge along the roof, extending over the top of the gutter.
If it touchs the gutter, and raises off the edge of the roof, then the gutter is probably high enough. If the straight-edge lays flat on the roof and passes over the top of the gutter, then water rolling off the roof is likely to do the same - shoot right over the gutter. "Old_boat" wrote in message . .. Does anyone know what the standard height measurement is between the last shingle on a roof and how low or high the gutter should be? I had a builder tell me that the gutters are too low after the second layer of roof shingles were installed over the first. and that they needed raised up. Larry |
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Place a straight-edge along the roof, extending over the top of the
gutter. If it touchs the gutter, and raises off the edge of the roof, then the gutter is probably high enough. If the straight-edge lays flat on the roof and passes over the top of the gutter, then water rolling off the roof is likely to do the same - shoot right over the gutter. It is my understanding that in areas subject to heavy snowfall, that the front edge of the gutter should be in-line with the roof plane. This allows snow that builds up on the roof to slide off onto the ground, instead of piling up on the gutter and ripping it off the building. We get our fair share of snow in the winter, so I used this method when I installed my own gutters. It seems to work well, even in heavy rains. The only exceptions are the areas where the roof valleys channel the water into a single area. In a heavy rainstorm, these concentrated areas to tend to flow out past the gutter. I can't really raise the gutters up much, so I'm thinking it has more to do with the gutter screens blocking the flow more than the height of the gutter. Anthony |
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On Saturday, July 23, 2005 at 8:18:37 AM UTC-7, Old_boat wrote:
Does anyone know what the standard height measurement is between the last shingle on a roof and how low or high the gutter should be? I had a builder tell me that the gutters are too low after the second layer of roof shingles were installed over the first. and that they needed raised up. Larry |
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On 1/6/19 7:13 AM, wrote:
On Saturday, July 23, 2005 at 8:18:37 AM UTC-7, Old_boat wrote: Does anyone know what the standard height measurement is between the last shingle on a roof and how low or high the gutter should be? I had a builder tell me that the gutters are too low after the second layer of roof shingles were installed over the first. and that they needed raised up. Larry https://www.thisoldhouse.com/how-to/...l-rain-gutters "To ensure that gutters drain properly, make certain they slope (½ inch for every 10 feet) toward a downspout. For gutter runs longer than 40 feet, it's best to pitch the gutter down from the middle to a downspout at each end." |
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