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cam1
Citizen
Username: Cam1
Post Number: 66
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 7:37 am: |     |
Has anyone had experience removing their rain gutters from their roof? We are thinking of doing so after having an experience with an ice dam which caused the roof to leak. If you are without gutters: does your basement get wet from the water running off near the house? |
Richard O'Connor
Citizen
Username: Roconn
Post Number: 29
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 8:41 am: | |
Morning,
Generally I would say not having gutters is a bigger problem than the one you had with your roof.
Well installed, appropriately sized, clean gutters should not cause problems with Ice Dams. In climates (like this one) the better solution (to my understanding) is to run gutter heat tapes/cables to keep the water from freezing.
I would think that the amount of water flowing off a roof against the house could cause considerable water penetration into the basement. I know that at my parent's house, until the downspouts were lengthened to nearly 6' from the house they had leakage problems.
I would call a gutter company of some repute (someone here can make recommendations--mine got done with my roof as part of a much larger project) and get new gutters installed. It sounds like your current gutter problems were caused by either standing water freezing (not enough slope) or blocked flow of run-off water.
My two cents are that a house without gutters is going to leak badly during heavy rains. On top of this is the fact that your lower house is going to be 'constantly' spattered with dirt from the splashing water.
Richard (ROC)
--Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic.--
--AIM: ROConn |
jab
Citizen
Username: Jab
Post Number: 153
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 8:51 pm: | |
We had our garage painted and after a year the paint on one side had peeled off and the other side was fine. We realized that the peeling side did not have a gutter while the good condition side did. We concluded that water pouring down the side of the garage caused the paint to peel and had a gutter put up (in conjunction with repainting that side of the garage). |
Michael K. Mc Kell
Citizen
Username: Greenerose
Post Number: 141
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 5:31 am: | |
Do not go without gutters!
Remove and replace with a gutter helmet system.
Michael K. Mc Kell
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