Water Splashing Over Gutter

During heavy rain the water collects from my second floor roof and runs onto the first floor roof as it should.

Water splashing over gutter.

Drill rivet holes for the gutter splash guard. This simple trick should help to handle areas t. If you have any type of gutter guard or gutter cover system you ll usually have issues with gutter overflow. Thankfully there s a fix for this and it s called a gutter splash guard.

Holes through the splash guard and the gutter. The problem is that since all this water is now concentrated from the second floor downspout the heavy volume causes it to race down the first floor roof and jump over the gutter. In roof valleys rain water will travel faster especially during a heavy storm or if the gutters are already full and the water will skip over the gutter and right onto whatever or whomever is unlucky enough to be beneath it. These puddles get splashed with each new drip from the gutter.

There are a few solutions that we have to help you with this issue. You can find these precut gutter splash guards about 3 in brown and white aluminum at a home center but you could easily make your own out of aluminum or sheet metal and spray paint them to match your gutters.