Water Rushing Off Roof

Use the water that drains off your roof.

Water rushing off roof.

A rain diverter is a specially made piece of metal flashing available at home improvement centers that is used to divert rainwater away from a doorway. Surface runoff enters the inlet passes through the collection box and exits through the outlet into a buried drainpipe. The buried drainpipe should discharge to a suitable outlet. Gutters are a common way to handle rain running off a roof but if your house doesn t have gutters you can still keep rainwater away from doors by installing a rain diverter.

While this is a normal aspect of roofing and gutters water that pours off of a roof and drenches an area like a door stoop or porch not only makes these spots slippery but water falling. If your downspouts are connected directly to a storm drain disconnecting them is the single most important step you can take to reduce runoff. A 1 000 square foot roof can produce more than 600 gallons 2 271 2 l of runoff for every 1 of rain that falls on it. A splash guard is an l shaped piece of metal that is fastened at the corner of a gutter where the roof valley is.

Do you think the flume problem is related to the smoothness of the metal roof or to the ridges that direct the water down the slope. The granules in asphalt shingles slow down the flow of water near the surface in contrast. Dry wells are particularly helpful in a spot where downspouts are flooding a large paved area or when. So if you have a fairly steep roof and you have several trees in your yard then the water flow gutter covers are recommended.

The catch basin should be placed at a low spot on the property so that water naturally runs to it a grassy swale can be built to direct runoff to the basin. I bet the resulting surface layer turbulence slows down flow too.