Water Spilling Over Gutter

Use caution when companies suggest a larger gutter.

Water spilling over gutter.

In roof valleys rain water will travel faster especially during a heavy storm or if the gutters are already full and the water will skip over the gutter and right onto whatever or whomever is unlucky enough to be beneath it. This creates a problem where water backs up and creates a funnel effect effectively making it so that water cannot get down the downspout fast enough so it backs up in the downspout and spills over the gutter. Next check the slope of the guttering runs. If the gutter is tilting away from your house it could be causing an overflow particularly during heavy storms.

Drill rivet holes for the gutter splash guard. If you have any type of gutter guard or gutter cover system you ll usually have issues with gutter overflow. This simple trick should help to handle areas t. First lay a level across the mouth of your gutters to make sure that they aren t tilting forward or backward.

There are two sizes of this drain tile 3 and 4. You can find these precut gutter splash guards about 3 in brown and white aluminum at a home center but you could easily make your own out of aluminum or sheet metal and spray paint them to match your gutters. Same goes for lack of pitch which causes the water to gather in one spot rather than flowing toward an exit. Holes through the splash guard and the gutter.