Water Splashing Over Gutter

If you have any type of gutter guard or gutter cover system you ll usually have issues with gutter overflow.

Water splashing over 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. Unlevel leaky or clogged gutters will splash water in large amounts onto one area of the ground causing puddles by the porch. 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. Holes through the splash guard and the gutter.

This simple trick should help to handle areas t. Drill rivet holes for the gutter splash guard. 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. During heavy rain the water collects from my second floor roof and runs onto the first floor roof as it should.

Large amounts of water splashing down on plants grass or dirt can create a real mess. These puddles get splashed with each new drip from the gutter.