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.
Rockbed instead of gutters on the roof.
Apr 8 2012 genius.
The higher the slope of a roof is the lower the chances that you ll face any type of water damage.
Michael maines a designer at fine lines construction in freeport maine replies.
In this first picture one can see.
When done correctly grading can improve the appearance of a home without detracting from its beauty with items such as rain chains.
A ground gutter can help protect the house foundation and siding from rainwater without being too conspicuous.
The drip edge can also be used along with a rain gutter to properly channel runoff water from the roof into the gutter.
While not a permanent solution the way that gutters and other options are this.
This just consists of digging a v shaped trench at the drip line i e the place where water.
Rather than having a traditional gutter attached to the house you can create a ground gutter system sometimes referred to as an inground gutter.
4 plastic gutter filled with rocks 1 unused plastic pot to catch water where the two roof angles meet.
It won t help with groundwater getting into your basement but it will perform most of the duties of a roof gutter.
The water is allowed to run on the roof surface and is collected by the lower gutters.
Downspouts and gutters when clean and maintained perform an amazing service for you at a relatively low cost rainwater cascades down the roof hits the gutters gets whisked to the nearest downspout then courses to the ground this saves your foundation and siding from ruin.
They tend to be fairly unattractive.
Check out your roof slope.
The right side when it rains always beats down in my flower bed.
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.