Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Apr 19, 2012 10:01 am Along with the rest of Sydney I have been up checking my gutters. I have found that our gutters are attached to a wooden beam, with the outer lip of the gutter being higher than the inner lip, with some timber being exposed above the inner lip. This means that if the gutters get full of water that the timber gets soaked rather than the water overflowing over the outer lip and away from the house. I was wondering if anyone knew whether this was a design flaw or if all gutters were designed like this? Seems to mean that every time there is a downpour that you are going to get wet timber. Is this problem easy to rectify? Re: Guttering problems 2Apr 19, 2012 10:24 am The front on some gutters is higher than others to supposedly to hide the end of tiles/roofing iron. The reason part of the fascia (your 'wooden beam') is showing is possibly so the installer could give the guttering fall toward the downpipes. I doubt if any gutter could take the current torrential downpours in NSW, however if your gutters are overflowing one answer is more downpipes. I have read of an extreme case one owner carefully cut slots in the gutter front with an angle grinder, slightly lower than the height of the gutter-back. Hence me getting into an argument (with some know-all) in another post on the merits of slotted front guttering, manufactured for that very purpose -- but he thought he knew better than the manufacturer. Arfur Re: Guttering problems 3Apr 19, 2012 12:27 pm We have just had our guttering installed, which I observed in some of the torrential stuff we have had in the past couple of days. I'm fairly sure (will double check when I'm back at the house) there are "weep" holes along the front of the gutter which are at same/similar height to the inner lip to provide overflow !! Re: Guttering problems 4Apr 19, 2012 3:10 pm Oops I neglected to add this link earlier. -- http://stratco.com.au/Products/gutters/ ... Square.asp Arfur Re: Guttering problems 5Apr 19, 2012 3:27 pm that's them....look very similar to ours which seem to have coped over the past few days. Damn shame our tanks haven't been installed yet !!! Re: Guttering problems 6Apr 19, 2012 7:45 pm D101 In the process of looking for a solution to my own problem, I came across the following page. http://www.gutterpumper.com.au/gutters-overflow.html Skip to the bottom of the page and their are 4 links to Sydney Morning Herald articles going back to 2008 and as recently as mid 2011, it would appear you are not Robinson Crusoe sorry. Re: Guttering problems 7Apr 25, 2012 7:20 pm Uncle Arfur The front on some gutters is higher than others to supposedly to hide the end of tiles/roofing iron. The reason part of the fascia (your 'wooden beam') is showing is possibly so the installer could give the guttering fall toward the downpipes. I doubt if any gutter could take the current torrential downpours in NSW, however if your gutters are overflowing one answer is more downpipes. I have read of an extreme case one owner carefully cut slots in the gutter front with an angle grinder, slightly lower than the height of the gutter-back. Hence me getting into an argument (with some know-all) in another post on the merits of slotted front guttering, manufactured for that very purpose -- but he thought he knew better than the manufacturer. Anybody who has relied on slotted guttering to stop water overflowing from a high fronted gutter back into an eave or worse still, a wall cavity, already knows more than any manufacturer. So too does anyone who read High Front Guttering Advisory Committee Report on the review and use of high front guttering in New South Wales. Re: Guttering problems 8Apr 26, 2012 2:35 pm Please tell me esahc where I said it is the ONLY answer to overflowing gutters. If you have half a brain you will see I suggested MORE downpipes. And I guess you answer is based on trade experience or are you simply another know-all? Arfur Re: Guttering problems 9Apr 26, 2012 11:07 pm Sorry Arfur, you are right (but why so touchy?) - the answer is more downpipes, but why should someone who has purchased a house built to the accepted standards, instructions by manufacturers and compliance by a plumber have to fork out additional money to rectify the problem? This situation is not acceptable - everybody claims they are doing the right thing, yet the poor householder cops the cost of rectifying the situation. My house was about 12 metres long (before extension and additional downpipes) with one downpipe at one end on each side - compliant yes, sufficient no! Re: Guttering problems 10May 06, 2012 9:03 am I had the same problem with gutter profiles ..... there is an easy fix DRILL A FEW HOLES AND MAKE YOUR OWN OVERFLOW HOLES. did it to the ones at one of the houses I lived in. didn't realise such a bad design existed until I had water running down the walls in my house. Drilled a few holes in the exting gutter, all fixed incase the leaves or branches block the gutter again. Easier and cheaper then replacing the gutter or waited for returned phone calls, and these holes should just let water overflow in the event of leaves or branches blocking the down pipe, or other parts of the gutter. A talking dog, don't worry what it's saying, it's amazing it can even speak. Yes, get a builder, make sure he is experienced and a registered building practitioner 5 8964 The two 15mm holes are obviously not compliant. The Dept of Fair Trading would love to see this one! Do the gutters pool water after it stops raining? Although it's… 4 7859 I am not a brick expert, but rendering would be 1 option, it would be costly to do the entire house though.... 2 6679 |