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| Old_boat 2005-07-24, 9:10 pm |
| Does anyone know what the standard height measurement is between the last
shingle on a roof and how low or high the gutter should be? I had a builder
tell me that the gutters are too low after the second layer of roof shingles
were installed over the first. and that they needed raised up.
Larry
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| "Old_boat" <Old_boat@thelake.com> wrote in
news:hdtEe.37139$zY4.34834@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com:
> Does anyone know what the standard height measurement is between the
> last shingle on a roof and how low or high the gutter should be? I had
> a builder tell me that the gutters are too low after the second layer
> of roof shingles were installed over the first. and that they needed
> raised up.
>
> Larry
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I'm not sure what the official spec for something like this is, or
even if there is one, but it seems to me that the thickness of another
row of shingles is not going to cause any problems.
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| Joseph Meehan 2005-07-24, 9:10 pm |
| Old_boat wrote:
> Does anyone know what the standard height measurement is between the
> last shingle on a roof and how low or high the gutter should be? I
> had a builder tell me that the gutters are too low after the second
> layer of roof shingles were installed over the first. and that they
> needed raised up.
> Larry
Does the water go into the gutter. Yes - don't worry.
--
Joseph Meehan
Dia duit
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| mwlogs 2005-07-24, 9:11 pm |
| Place a straight-edge along the roof, extending over the top of the gutter.
If it touchs the gutter, and raises off the edge of the roof, then the
gutter is probably high enough. If the straight-edge lays flat on the roof
and passes over the top of the gutter, then water rolling off the roof is
likely to do the same - shoot right over the gutter.
"Old_boat" <Old_boat@thelake.com> wrote in message
news:hdtEe.37139$zY4.34834@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com...
> Does anyone know what the standard height measurement is between the last
> shingle on a roof and how low or high the gutter should be? I had a
> builder tell me that the gutters are too low after the second layer of
> roof shingles were installed over the first. and that they needed raised
> up.
>
> Larry
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| HerHusband 2005-07-24, 9:11 pm |
| > Place a straight-edge along the roof, extending over the top of the
> gutter. If it touchs the gutter, and raises off the edge of the roof,
> then the gutter is probably high enough. If the straight-edge lays
> flat on the roof and passes over the top of the gutter, then water
> rolling off the roof is likely to do the same - shoot right over the
> gutter.
It is my understanding that in areas subject to heavy snowfall, that the
front edge of the gutter should be in-line with the roof plane. This allows
snow that builds up on the roof to slide off onto the ground, instead of
piling up on the gutter and ripping it off the building.
We get our fair share of snow in the winter, so I used this method when I
installed my own gutters. It seems to work well, even in heavy rains. The
only exceptions are the areas where the roof valleys channel the water into
a single area. In a heavy rainstorm, these concentrated areas to tend to
flow out past the gutter. I can't really raise the gutters up much, so I'm
thinking it has more to do with the gutter screens blocking the flow more
than the height of the gutter.
Anthony
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