During Heavy Rain Water Jumpa Over The Gutter

If the gutter is tilting away from your house it could be causing an overflow particularly during heavy storms.

During heavy rain water jumpa over the gutter.

However during heavy rain water may not move quickly enough through the foam. Currently there is a diverter moved a little way up the valley and black sponge intended for putting inside a gutter has been wired onto the mess guard on top of the gutter. First your gutters may be clogged with leaves. Same goes for lack of pitch which causes the water to gather in one spot rather than flowing toward an exit.

One is that the gutter is not pitched so the area where the spillover was happening is actually a low point in the gutter. The second thing that causes this is either insufficiently sized downspouts for the run or else a clogged downspout often up near the top of the downspout but still in the gutter. A 5 inch gutter is typical but 6 inch gutters are also available. Foam or sponge based inserts go into your gutters and allow water to trickle through the foam into the gutter and downspout.

Next is the size of the gutter itself. The pitch of gutter heading towards a downspout can also cause overflow if it s too steep. Drill rivet holes for the gutter splash guard. Numerous people have tried ideas but none have worked.

Too few downspouts will tend to make the gutters overflow during a heavy rain. You can find these precut gutter splash guards about 3 in brown and white aluminum at a home center but you could easily make your own out of aluminum or sheet metal and spray paint them to match your gutters. Think of it this way. With surface tension covers leaves slip off the edge while water moves into the gutters.

There can be several reasons why rain is coming over the gutter instead of staying in the gutter and exiting the downspout.