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   Guest_ | Sep 28, 2000 11:08pm | #1

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   Do you mean you will have an actual gutter, or just a valley in the roofing material? I'd start by deciding where you want downspouts (front or back) based on aesthetics of the elevations. Then slope the materials in the direction. You might need to be careful about having a too long run...

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   Guest_ | Sep 28, 2000 11:47pm | #2

   *this is usually done with a truncated flattened pitched valley..planing into the main roof at the top..pitching forward along both gables to a flat area at the front 6 inches to 12 inches wide so debris and snow/ice will not be trapped..it dumps into a leaderbox. ( see attached)..... thence a downspout... or it shoots off into space (think ""gargoyle"")the material is low pitch roofing..like SBS, or rubber membrane, or stnading-seam....here's a copper leaderbox.. made from a section of ogee gutter..

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   Guest_ | Sep 29, 2000 04:25am | #3

   *Wouldn't it drain better i withoutthe roller, Mike? :-)Jeff

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   Guest_ | Sep 29, 2000 12:20pm | #4

   *Laura,In my neck of the woods, we call it a "saddle." Looking straight down at it, it's a V shape, but its sloped down back to front, with the wide part upslope and the "point" downslope. Be sure though, that it doesn't come to a point. As Mike noted, there needs to be a gap for stuff to move through (water & debris/leaves, etc.Mike, nice leaderbox.Bob

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   Laura_Strand | Sep 29, 2000 03:06pm | #5

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   Can anyone help me with how should I design gutters between two gabled structures side by side, creating a valley between them? I assume there must be a slope from front to back. Where is the slope imbedded? Thanks, Laura Strand