Water Behind Gutter Fascia

Rain gutters take a lot of abuse.

Water behind gutter fascia.

If you re not closely attuned to the behavior of your home s water drainage system you may not notice this occurrence. Therefore when the water goes over the edge of your roof it will stay attracted to the surface of the drip edge and run behind the gutter. The gutter apron will prevent the dripping. Capillary action is a water activity in which water adheres to a surface and follow the surface.

I ve noticed that most of. Second gutter flashing increases the efficiency of your gutters ensuring that the water is going where it s expected to go. Water dripping from roof storage tank via gutter pipe into my garden. A gutter apron is a bent piece of flashing that tucks up under the shingles and over the gutter.

There is a small pipe that comes out at 90 degrees from my gutter on the roof at the back of my house. On some homes water tends to drip behind the gutters down the fascia and soffit and then either down the side of the house or straight to the ground. If water is dripping behind your gutter it s probably because it was installed without any flashing over the back of the gutter. Gutter flashings are typically installed beneath the roofline and inside the gutters themselves.

Water leaking in behind the facia of your roof could be caused by a couple of things. Drip strip is designed to fill the gap between the bottom of the drip edge and the top of the gutter to insure the water will flow into the gutter preventing any damage to your fascia or other parts of your. For example most ranch style homes have a 3 12 or 4 12 pitch roof. Rushing water during rainstorms exposure to weather extremes heavy loads of snow in the coldest climes clogs of fallen leaves and the general ravages of time.

Have rain water dripping out from between your facia and gutters. When the roof shingles do not extend past the metal drip edge the water will suck back on the metal drip edge this is called capillary action and run behind your gutters. Home centers sell a gutter apron in 10 ft. 1 your roof sheets have a hole in them or your screws or nails or equivalent are not watertight anymore or 2 the more common reason is where roof sheets are cut too short or they don t overhang far enough into the gutter.