On Friday, August 18, 2000 at 7:38:07 PM UTC-5, Charles wrote:
I need to add about 25 feet of gutter to a screen porch I'm building. Does
anyone know the magic number for how much slope it should have towards the
downspout?

Thanks a ton:

Charles

On Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 10:53:21 AM UTC-5, wrote:
On Friday, August 18, 2000 at 7:38:07 PM UTC-5, Charles wrote:
I need to add about 25 feet of gutter to a screen porch I'm building. Does
anyone know the magic number for how much slope it should have towards the
downspout?

Thanks a ton:

Charles

On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 07:53:15 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Friday, August 18, 2000 at 7:38:07 PM UTC-5, Charles wrote:
I need to add about 25 feet of gutter to a screen porch I'm building. Does
anyone know the magic number for how much slope it should have towards the
downspout?

Thanks a ton:

Charles
ideal is about 1/16" per foot, so roughly 1.5 inches drop in 25 feet
would do it.

On Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 12:30:18 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 07:53:15 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Friday, August 18, 2000 at 7:38:07 PM UTC-5, Charles wrote:
I need to add about 25 feet of gutter to a screen porch I'm building. Does
anyone know the magic number for how much slope it should have towards the
downspout?

Thanks a ton:

Charles
ideal is about 1/16" per foot, so roughly 1.5 inches drop in 25 feet
would do it.

I think gutters work best when the drop is smooth. ;-)

On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 12:30:16 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 07:53:15 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Friday, August 18, 2000 at 7:38:07 PM UTC-5, Charles wrote:
I need to add about 25 feet of gutter to a screen porch I'm building. Does
anyone know the magic number for how much slope it should have towards the
downspout?

Thanks a ton:

Charles
ideal is about 1/16" per foot, so roughly 1.5 inches drop in 25 feet
would do it.

That's probably the very minimum. Myself, I prefer to make it more. Part
of the reason is because it's near impossible to get the pitch perfectly
along the entire length, so you can end up getting spots that puddle. I
put about 30' of gutter on my barn, and I have about 4" of drop. It
works well, as long as I clean out all the leaves and crap that seems to
constantly get in the gutters.

Also, this barn was built in the 1950s and over time the middle of the
roof has sagged a bit. I wanted to compensate for that too.

On Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 2:20:05 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 12:30:16 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 07:53:15 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Friday, August 18, 2000 at 7:38:07 PM UTC-5, Charles wrote:
I need to add about 25 feet of gutter to a screen porch I'm building. Does
anyone know the magic number for how much slope it should have towards the
downspout?

Thanks a ton:

Charles
ideal is about 1/16" per foot, so roughly 1.5 inches drop in 25 feet
would do it.

That's probably the very minimum. Myself, I prefer to make it more. Part
of the reason is because it's near impossible to get the pitch perfectly
along the entire length, so you can end up getting spots that puddle. I
put about 30' of gutter on my barn, and I have about 4" of drop. It
works well, as long as I clean out all the leaves and crap that seems to
constantly get in the gutters.

Also, this barn was built in the 1950s and over time the middle of the
roof has sagged a bit. I wanted to compensate for that too.

You can get away with that much on a barn. Typical house, that much
slope would be obvious. Even if you get a puddle here and there, is
that so bad? It just dries out, doesn't it?

On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 11:31:57 -0800 (PST), trader_4
wrote:


That's probably the very minimum. Myself, I prefer to make it more. Part
of the reason is because it's near impossible to get the pitch perfectly
along the entire length, so you can end up getting spots that puddle. I
put about 30' of gutter on my barn, and I have about 4" of drop. It
works well, as long as I clean out all the leaves and crap that seems to
constantly get in the gutters.

Also, this barn was built in the 1950s and over time the middle of the
roof has sagged a bit. I wanted to compensate for that too.

You can get away with that much on a barn. Typical house, that much
slope would be obvious. Even if you get a puddle here and there, is
that so bad? It just dries out, doesn't it?

It's obvious on the barn too, but I'm not worried about it. It's not
about appearance, it's about practicality. Puddles dry up in warm
weather, while they are rusting the gutter, and trapping debris. In cold
weather, they freeze and damage the gutter.

On Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 2:32:06 PM UTC-5, trader_4 wrote:
On Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 2:20:05 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 12:30:16 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 07:53:15 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Friday, August 18, 2000 at 7:38:07 PM UTC-5, Charles wrote:
I need to add about 25 feet of gutter to a screen porch I'm building. Does
anyone know the magic number for how much slope it should have towards the
downspout?

Thanks a ton:

Charles
ideal is about 1/16" per foot, so roughly 1.5 inches drop in 25 feet
would do it.

That's probably the very minimum. Myself, I prefer to make it more. Part
of the reason is because it's near impossible to get the pitch perfectly
along the entire length, so you can end up getting spots that puddle. I
put about 30' of gutter on my barn, and I have about 4" of drop. It
works well, as long as I clean out all the leaves and crap that seems to
constantly get in the gutters.

Also, this barn was built in the 1950s and over time the middle of the
roof has sagged a bit. I wanted to compensate for that too.

You can get away with that much on a barn. Typical house, that much
slope would be obvious. Even if you get a puddle here and there, is
that so bad? It just dries out, doesn't it?

In the summer, yes.

In the winter the puddles can freeze over causing blockage from upstream, causing
more puddling and more freezing which leads to ice dams and overflows. DAMHIKT

On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 17:43:23 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 2:32:06 PM UTC-5, trader_4 wrote:
On Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 2:20:05 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 12:30:16 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 07:53:15 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Friday, August 18, 2000 at 7:38:07 PM UTC-5, Charles wrote:
I need to add about 25 feet of gutter to a screen porch I'm building. Does
anyone know the magic number for how much slope it should have towards the
downspout?

Thanks a ton:

Charles
ideal is about 1/16" per foot, so roughly 1.5 inches drop in 25 feet
would do it.

That's probably the very minimum. Myself, I prefer to make it more. Part
of the reason is because it's near impossible to get the pitch perfectly
along the entire length, so you can end up getting spots that puddle. I
put about 30' of gutter on my barn, and I have about 4" of drop. It
works well, as long as I clean out all the leaves and crap that seems to
constantly get in the gutters.

Also, this barn was built in the 1950s and over time the middle of the
roof has sagged a bit. I wanted to compensate for that too.

You can get away with that much on a barn. Typical house, that much
slope would be obvious. Even if you get a puddle here and there, is
that so bad? It just dries out, doesn't it?

In the summer, yes.

In the winter the puddles can freeze over causing blockage from upstream, causing
more puddling and more freezing which leads to ice dams and overflows. DAMHIKT
You are not making any sense. If a low spot freezes, it makes for a
straight run which eliminates the tendancy to puddle.

And using seamless aluminum gutters eliminates the rusting problem,
and makes it pretty simple to eliminate low spots too.
The guy that put mine up "levelled" it with a laser. Just aimed the
laser from the high point to the low point and made sure the trough
followed the beam

On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 13:19:43 -0600, wrote:



Charles
ideal is about 1/16" per foot, so roughly 1.5 inches drop in 25 feet
would do it.

That's probably the very minimum. Myself, I prefer to make it more.

If you make the slope about 1" per foot, when it rains, the beetles
can go white-water rafting.

Micky wrote:
On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 13:19:43 -0600, wrote:



Charles
ideal is about 1/16" per foot, so roughly 1.5 inches drop in 25 feet
would do it.

That's probably the very minimum. Myself, I prefer to make it more.

If you make the slope about 1" per foot, when it rains, the beetles
can go white-water rafting.

???, an inch per foot? That's a lot!

On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 17:09:11 -0700, Tony Hwang
wrote:

Micky wrote:
On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 13:19:43 -0600, wrote:



Charles
ideal is about 1/16" per foot, so roughly 1.5 inches drop in 25 feet
would do it.

That's probably the very minimum. Myself, I prefer to make it more.

If you make the slope about 1" per foot, when it rains, the beetles
can go white-water rafting.

???, an inch per foot? That's a lot!

Beetles like excitement.

On 1/30/2016 7:53 AM, wrote:
On Friday, August 18, 2000 at 7:38:07 PM UTC-5, Charles wrote:
I need to add about 25 feet of gutter to a screen porch I'm building. Does
anyone know the magic number for how much slope it should have towards the
downspout?


Are you referring to a loose Asian babe?