I’ve got a client with a roof where two particular valleys catch alot of water. Needless to say, during hard rains, water shoots off of these valleys farther than they like. They don’t have gutters.
I seem to remember seeing diverters fashioned from flashing stock, but started wondering if doing this would take water flowing down the valley and shoot it up under the surrounding asphalt shingles. Any ideas?
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The only suggestion I would have is a short scupper (maybe that's what it's called) at the bottom of the valley with a deflector to channel the water to it. Deal with the water you collect down below.
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water shoots off of these valleys farther than they like. They don't have gutters.
Tell them to get a section of fire hose and direct the water straight from the bottom of the valley directly into the basement/crawlspace (or under the slab).
That way they won't have to worry about all that dirt that the water picks up on it's way into the sub-grade spaces.
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took me 4 sedonds to get your point... but I got it.
For the sake of brevity I didn't give every last detail regarding this job. But as it applies to your comment, they do have a ground gutter installed, basically a french drain along the drip line with perforated drain line installed to catch the water and drain it away, so I am not ignoring the need to channel water away from the house. This is in addition to a regular foundation drain all the way around the base of the crawl space. See, now you made me go and type far more than I was wanting to.
The issue here is that in these valley areas the water is shooting over the ground gutter. To make the ground gutter large enough to catch all of this area would look awkward.
Any other ideas anyone?
Really you need to hear from the guys who preach no gutters and I personally am from the other side of the fence, but maybe something could be done with a rain chain. Not that I know anything about them, just throwing an idea out there.Matt
We have rain chains on my parents' house. They're a decorative item that also keeps light drizzle from splashing up when it hits the ground. For heavy rain, they don't make any difference.
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