Sloping Gutters
Tuesday, 24 December 2024 12:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bens_dadI noticed that this building with a blocked circular window under the eves
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.
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.
