I have a standard rectangle layout roof.
There are gutters in the front and the back of the house.

There are down spouts on one end of the house only. (front and back)

Is this typical? Or should there be down spouts on all 4 corners.

theedudenator wrote:
I have a standard rectangle layout roof.
There are gutters in the front and the back of the house.

There are down spouts on one end of the house only. (front and back)

Is this typical? Or should there be down spouts on all 4 corners.

Depends how big the house is, and the slope of the gutters, and how much
rain usually falls. But yeah, on a 'typical' 24x60 cookie cutter ranch,
a downspout at each corner would be expected. Take a hose up on the
roof, and run water into both gutters. Do they slope all the way from
one end to the other? If so, you will need to rehang and reslope the
high half before you add new downspouts, unless you just want them for
bad storms as overflow, like when the whole gutter fills.

Sounds like your builder was shaving pennies to make a price point.
Unless you have noticed the gutters overflowing a lot, or have noticed
roof leaks or yard puddles, I wouldn't lose sleep over it.

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aem sends...

The slope is good on the gutters.
I have not noticed any problems.

But I am going to add gutters to my garage and was wondering how many
down spouts.


On Mar 10, 11:38*pm, aemeijers wrote:
theedudenator wrote:
I have a standard rectangle layout roof.
There are gutters in the front and the back of the house.

There are down spouts on one end of the house only. (front and back)

Is this typical? *Or should there be down spouts on all 4 corners.

Depends how big the house is, and the slope of the gutters, and how much
rain usually falls. But yeah, on a 'typical' 24x60 cookie cutter ranch,
a downspout at each corner would be expected. Take a hose up on the
roof, and run water into both gutters. Do they slope all the way from
one end to the other? If so, you will need to rehang and reslope the
high half before you add new downspouts, unless you just want them for
bad storms as overflow, like when the whole gutter fills.

Sounds like your builder was shaving pennies to make a price point.
Unless you have noticed the gutters overflowing a lot, or have noticed
roof leaks or yard puddles, I wouldn't lose sleep over it.

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On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:38:08 GMT, aemeijers wrote:

-snip-
Depends how big the house is, and the slope of the gutters, and how much
rain usually falls.

We're in agreement here.

But yeah, on a 'typical' 24x60 cookie cutter ranch,
a downspout at each corner would be expected. Take a hose up on the

Not so much here. In Arizona 4 downspouts would be overkill. In
Mississippi maybe not enough.
-snip-
Unless you have noticed the gutters overflowing a lot, or have noticed
roof leaks or yard puddles, I wouldn't lose sleep over it.

That's really where the truth lies. Ask your neighbors if the
recent rains were typical- what do they have?

Jim

theedudenator wrote:
I have a standard rectangle layout roof.
There are gutters in the front and the back of the house.

There are down spouts on one end of the house only. (front and back)

Is this typical? Or should there be down spouts on all 4 corners.

There should be sufficient downspouts to handle the runoff. If your gutters
are not over-flowing, you have enough.

There's a trade-off between capacity, cost, drainage, and esthetics. In your
case, perhaps the builder decided the house looked better with the
downspouts out of sight? Or maybe putting them on all four corners would
generate a drainage problem?

On Mar 10, 11:22*pm, theedudenator wrote:
I have a standard rectangle layout roof.
There are gutters in the front and the back of the house.

There are down spouts on one end of the house only. (front and back)

Is this typical? *Or should there be down spouts on all 4 corners.

Depends on the grading around the house. You can have a downspout any
place the grade slopes downhill. Level is a no-no for that corner.

Joe

On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:22:40 -0700 (PDT), theedudenator
wrote:

I have a standard rectangle layout roof.
There are gutters in the front and the back of the house.

There are down spouts on one end of the house only. (front and back)

Is this typical? Or should there be down spouts on all 4 corners.


It depends on local weather conditions, the size and design of
the home and gutters and down spouts and local code. You will need a
lot more in a hurricane area of Florida than in Death Vally desert

{snip}...should there be down spouts on all 4 corners [of the house]?..


If there were a down spout at each end of the gutters on the front of
your house...

That would mean the high point of the gutters would be in the middle
sloping downwards to both ends of the house. The front gutter would make
a noticeable upside-down "V". Very ugly and would draw attention to the
gutter and downspout.

Right now, the gutter makes a sloop to just one side, and is unnoticeable
by visitors.

Phil Again wrote:
{snip}...should there be down spouts on all 4 corners [of the house]?..


If there were a down spout at each end of the gutters on the front of
your house...

That would mean the high point of the gutters would be in the middle
sloping downwards to both ends of the house. The front gutter would make
a noticeable upside-down "V". Very ugly and would draw attention to the
gutter and downspout.

Looks good on paper, but...if the gutter is level and downspouts are at
each end, then it should drain just fine.

Right now, the gutter makes a sloop to just one side, and is unnoticeable
by visitors.


Having downspouts at both ends depends what the landscape is like;
perhaps there is pavement or other features where you do not want water.

Joe wrote:
On Mar 10, 11:22 pm, theedudenator wrote:
I have a standard rectangle layout roof.
There are gutters in the front and the back of the house.

There are down spouts on one end of the house only. (front and back)

Is this typical? Or should there be down spouts on all 4 corners.

Depends on the grading around the house. You can have a downspout any
place the grade slopes downhill. Level is a no-no for that corner.

Depends even more on the length between downspouts (roof area serviced).
Whether or not the ground is level below won't matter at the corner if
there isn't sufficient outlet capacity the gutters will simply overflow
in heavy rain.

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On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:22:40 -0700 (PDT), theedudenator
wrote:

I have a standard rectangle layout roof.
There are gutters in the front and the back of the house.

There are down spouts on one end of the house only. (front and back)

Is this typical? Or should there be down spouts on all 4 corners.

I think it depends how you slope the gutters, terrain, appearance,
downspout size, annual rainfall, etc. Local library has building code
references for your perusal. Lucky folks have no gutters and none
to maintain.