This porch roof slopes badly. While the picture doesn’t really do justice as to how much it slopes, I think you will still be able to understand my point. Look at the gutter. Can you see how the gutter has been installed to compensate for the slope of the porch----as indicated by being able to see more of the end of the left rafter than can be seen on the right one? While in the picture it appears that the gutter slopes slightly to the right, where it would drain around the corner to the downspout, it in fact drains to the left----where it overflows onto the steps below. In the NW, this is a problem year-round because if the overflowing gutter doesn’t result in icing conditions it results in moss growth----either way it leads to very slippery conditions. The next time it is raining hard, put on your rain coat and take a hike around the house and make sure your gutters are not overflowing anywhere. This can be a really fun thing to do in the middle of the night with a strong flashlight and you might even get the whole neighborhood wondering what the heck you are up to. Charles Buell
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Good tips for home owners. Thanks for sharing. Hope you are having a great day!
Charles - that is such good advice----really.
Charles: Great advice, especially if you're worried about a leaky basement, too. Thanks for sharing! :)
Charles, great tip! I had rain guard gutters installed a little while back. Does a great job. Thanks for the tip.
HA! My husband always "likes" to clean the gutters in the rain. I guess he forgets about them until then and if you knew him, you would also assume that he does this at night with a flashlight & wearing his house shoes!
Is doing this in the night with a flaslight a requirement, Charles? LOL
Around a Maine lake home our family has, when it rains, the boys and I take a walk, watch the erosion areas, where water runs, needs vegation buffers, or rock lined ditches to make sure the water that hits the lake is clean water, not loaded with nutrients, debris that chokes the fish, causes reeds, weeds to grow along the shoreline.
Roy, thanks,
Glenn, I know you know this is a good idea. Way back when I first joined AR I did a similar post about checking these when it was raining and your comment the other day inspired me to do another version of it.
David, for sure-----great idea to keep the roof water from impacting the foundation
Michael, glad to hear you like those---keep us posted as to how they perform. Perhaps you could do a post about them?
Jenna, good for him----pretty miserable doing it in the rain around here most of the year
Debi, only if you want to mess with the neighbor's heads :)
Andrew----one thing about water is that it runs down hill and if you don't control it it will do its job
I have a similar issue.
My neighbor's gutter is usually filled with leaves and thus it ends up drowning a corner of my landscaping bedding that I work so hard on.
Charles, I look forward to your blogs, thanks for the useful information.
Ralph, such a common problem where the neighbors let your yard go to hell :) I have seen this with uncontrolled run off and leaking oil tanks----to name a couple of things
Dorothy, thanks----you are welcome
Charles, Those steps look to be slippery. In my part of the "NW" there would be an ice sheet there through the winter. The owners would fix it fast or chance paying the hospital bills.
Hi Charles...good eye, reminds me to not eat the yellow snow after seeing the yellow stain on the steps.
Cheers
So true about the slippery conditions here also
An ounce of prevention
when cleaning gutters at day or night always carry a liquor bottle , really grabs attention
enjoy the day
Mr Charles,
I can do it by wearing my fruit soots. I wish you and me had matching apparel.
Nutsy
Hi Charles, Those steps look like a law suit waiting to happen. I'll bet the current homeowners didn't even know what the caused the moss and just squirted down the steps every now & then. Thanks to you, the new Buyers will know. jay
Dennis, you are right----this sort of thing likely gets fixed quicker in your area :)
Fred, never took to yellow snow myself:)
Don, I will try to remember that next time :)
Nutsy, I am just thankful we do not
Jay, it is amazing how many slippery stairs like this I find
Hello Charles,
Do you suppose this was a handy man ( homeowner likely ) special . I would want to see the receipts, LOL.
Are you ever attempting to flash people in that long rain coat? What time of night do you recommend for the best effect?
If this was not a handy man at work, they should fire the contractor, and fire them again :)
Rich
William---hard to say----that is always possible
Jay, any time between 2am and 4am should work just fine
Rich, and then throw water on them?
Charles,
Also being from the northwest I know that poorly working gutters can lead to water in the basement, etc....It is important to have properly working gutters. We may not get as much rain on the eastern side of Washington (yeah) but enough to cause problems if gutters aren't working as they should!
Mr Charles,
How about we chip in and buy you a rooster soot like mine.
Lori, you actually get "real" rain over there----we only get "wannabee" rain over here :)
Nutsy---didn't mean to ignore you (yea right) but----NO
Hmmmm Charles, Inspecting in the Rain. Wasn't that a song.
Jack, sounds good to me :)
There's nothing quite as gratifying as spooking the nieghbors in the middle of the night!
Gutters, much like everything else on your home, need to be checked on a regular basis.
A little prevention now can save you lots down the road.
Craig, I have to confess----I hate everything about gutters----especially when they don't work!