Keep Water from Overshooting at Roof Corners

When rain comes pouring down on your roof, you may notice water that’s supposed to be falling into your gutters missing it entirely at the corners where two perpendicular roof surfaces meet to form a valley. This effect is caused by the increased amount of water that gathers inside the valley, causing it to run faster and overshoot the gutter.

While this might not seem like much of a problem, any experienced homeowner knows that problems may arise if any water from the roof is allowed to spill out onto the ground below. This is especially true for the larger amounts of water that tend to overshoot the gutters at valley corners. Such spills can cause problems like water pooling up on the ground and entering the basement or the steady fall of water digging an unsightly hole into the ground.

One good way to mitigate such overshoots is to install gutter splash guards on valley corners. These gutter fixtures are taller than the gutters around them and act as a barrier to stop overshooting water and divert it back into the gutter.

If you use a gutter guard system on your gutters, however, you may have to install a special kind of gutter splash guard designed especially for your system. If the splash guard was not initially installed with your system, you may have to contact the contractor that installed the system for you, to help install them.