Plastic gutter can not cope with the torrential flow, what should I do?
Hello. With heavy rain in one place, the plastic gutter does not cope with the torrential stream. The roof throughout the house is complex (three cuckoos, a “house” roof over the balcony, a flat roof over the porch of the emergency exit), but only in one place does rainwater overflow through the gutter. The diameter of the gutters is the same everywhere, the slope of the gutters is observed, the drainpipes and gutters are not clogged.
The husband wants to put an additional gutter and another drainpipe next to the existing one in the problematic place. Is this the right decision? If so, how to do it right? In my opinion, it is better to put a gutter with a large diameter, but the husband is categorically right. Which of us has a solution? Thank.
Good afternoon. You should start by raising the hatch in the rain and see how quickly the water leaves it. If it rises, then the problem is not in the drainage system. A blockage between you and the central well. If the water goes away quickly, it is your problem.
The husband’s option is likely to lead to the need for earthwork. Disassembly of paving slabs for the installation of an additional drainage pipe. If you just bump into an existing one, the overflow will go in a new place. Economically, such a decision is impractical. The presence of another gutter with a drain under the overflow will primarily violate the uniform appearance of the facade of the house.
I think you need to increase the bandwidth of the existing one. How serious the process will be depends on the degree of overflow. It is possible to replace the gutter with a larger diameter and an increase in the angle of inclination will be enough. If the overflow after replacement begins at the site of the drainage funnel, then drainage pipe and drainage will need to be replaced.