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Re: [Shop-talk] gah. Moron press <-- Gutters

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Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] gah. Moron press <-- Gutters
From: <bjshov8@tx.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 12:24:09 -0500
I watched that video and that isn't our definition of rain.  When we have rain, 
it's more like a tidal wave.  It comes off of our roof in a 2" thick layer and 
shoots out several feet.  It would miss those little louvers entirely.

The reason we would want gutters at our house is to take the water completely 
away from the edge of the house.  Without louvers it builds up a 6" deep puddle 
right at the edge of the house, with gutters and downspouts you can direct that 
water away from the house.

My house originally had gutters all around it.  The edge of the roof is very 
complicated with lots of corners and steps in and out.  The gutters that we had 
only served to trap water and rot the fascia so I took them all off.  At one 
location the gutters had rotted the edge of the wall and allowed water to shoot 
into the house and flood our kitchen and dining room.  I rebuilt the wall and 
left the gutters off.  There are a couple of areas that we need to have gutters 
in order to take the water away from the house, but I can't afford to put them 
back on right now.  As soon as I can afford it that is one of the things on my 
list of home improvements.


> I am looking at putting this on my house, where I just want the water
> to exit the roof without running down the walls or creating valleys in
> my beds...
> 
> http://www.rainhandler.com/
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