Sloping Gutters

Tuesday, 24 December 2024 12:16 pm
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I noticed that this building with a blocked circular window under the eves
A stone building with sloping gutters
has gutters that slope towards the middle. This might just be age and poor repair, but this is Kendal, a town known for rain.

If you look closely at this google street maps picture of the other side of the building, you can just see a typical Kendalian feature: the slates at the bottom of the roof are larger than the ones at the top - fewer gaps where there is most running water which might leak through.

I suspect that the gutters slope to speed the water into the downpipes.

Date: 2025-04-13 02:31 pm (UTC)
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Our town requires that gutters slope, so you don't get pooling with mosquitoes growing in stagnant water. Rainbarrels also have to be covered with screens to avoid mosquitoes, too.

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