Roof Rain Gutter Design

5 inch 5 520 square feet.

Roof rain gutter design. Label roof or roof segments and calculate. Box gutter with rain water head at end of box gutter. Vinyl gutter the amerimax k style 10 ft. A properly designed gutter and downspout system will take water from the roof of your house and direct it away from the house.

No more destructive ice dams from frozen gutters. If a roof s various drainage areas call for different size gutters go for the biggest one k style. To the design of the roof drainage system. If you re thinking of installing gutters yourself this is a good.

Simplified suitable for flattish roofs with little or no vertical faces or steep roofs draining to one side of box gutter only or any roof if you are in a hurry and make the necessary allowances for all catchments. Without a gutter system water will simply fall off the roof and likely form pools near the base of your house. Multiply the drainage area by the roof pitch factor and rainfall intensity to find out the adjusted square footage. The rain intensity according to table 1 2 rainfall data and drainage factors uses a 5 minute duration for a 10 year or 100 year storm thereby providing a worst case scenario for the downspout and gutter design.

Featuring a brown color and traditional k style design this gutter will complement your home. The amerimax k style 10 ft. Its unique rainhandler gutters louver design allows leaves and debris to blow or wash away. Gutter end caps close off the ends of gutters keeping debris and water from flowing out at this point.

Rainhandler gutter self cleaning dispersal system eliminates clogged over flowing gutters and downspouts. Types of gutters sectional gutters are sold in pieces and include a lot of the components mentioned above. Design guide md 1 roof gutter d esign method nrcs engineering maryland october 2004 page 4 roof gutter design instructions 1. Factors to be considered in the design of roof drainage sys tems are the area to be drained size of gutters downspouts outlets slope of roof type of building and appearance.

The water will then flow through any fault in the base of. Choose the 10 year frequency 5 minute rainfall see chart 1. Other pieces include elbows gutter extensions and gutter flashing. Vinyl gutter has rust free vinyl construction for durability.

Roof area to be considered the design capacity for a roof drainage system depends on the quantity of water to be handled. For animal waste management use the 25 year frequency 5 minute rainfall. Since the roof area would increase as its pitch increases then it would not be advisable to use the plan area of a pitched roof in the calculation of a drainage system ï experience has taught that use of the true area of a pitched roof often leads to oversizing of the rain gutters or gutter downspouts and drains.