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Guide water away from your property
Explore gutter performance, downspout placement, roof-edge details, and winter drainage concerns. Find guidance to help identify problems and plan improvements.
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What is gutters and water at the edge?
Gutters fail when pitch, downspouts, or ice send water behind the fascia or against the foundation. We size them to the roof. Ice in the trough is often an attic-heat problem as well as a gutter problem.
What to consider
A drainage assessment considers the roof, gutters, attachment points, and discharge locations together. The recommendation should address the source of overflow or water backup.
Local considerations
Minnesota ice pulls gutters off the fascia. Charlotte humidity and pine needles clog valleys and troughs. Kansas hail dents lips and hangers. The estimate should say whether we are resetting, replacing, or leaving the existing gutters with a new roof.
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Pages in this topic
- Gutters · service
- Overflowing gutters · problem
- Ice-backed gutters · problem
- Ice-dam service · service
- Roof replacement · service
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