Michael maines a designer at fine lines construction in freeport maine replies.
Rockbed instead of gutters on the roof.
Check out your roof slope.
The water is allowed to run on the roof surface and is collected by the lower gutters.
A ground gutter can help protect the house foundation and siding from rainwater without being too conspicuous.
The right side when it rains always beats down in my flower bed.
It is very common for dormers and other roof structures that have gutters above the level of the gutters on lower portions of the roof to empty onto the roof surface.
While not a permanent solution the way that gutters and other options are this.
Gutters should be hung where a straight edge laying on your roof shingles can easily extend over the front lip of the gutter this is the proper installment location for the high point of the gutter.
When done correctly grading can improve the appearance of a home without detracting from its beauty with items such as rain chains.
In almost every instance gutter installers take the path of least resistance and shove the gutter right underneath the roof shingles instead.
They tend to be fairly unattractive.
Apr 8 2012 genius.
The right grading around your home is a great way to ensure that water drains away from your house instead of staying near the foundation where it can cause a lot of damage.
The water hits a peak of your home and essentially just slides right off onto the ground where it belongs.
Homes that were constructed with no gutters may have been built that way for a reason.
The drip edge can also be used along with a rain gutter to properly channel runoff water from the roof into the gutter.
The higher the slope of a roof is the lower the chances that you ll face any type of water damage.
I have no gutters on my house.
In this first picture one can see.
4 plastic gutter filled with rocks 1 unused plastic pot to catch water where the two roof angles meet.
This just consists of digging a v shaped trench at the drip line i e the place where water.