We have a 1970's-built tiled-roof house in Alsace.
In heavy rain (several times per year) the flow from 2 roof slopes pours down a zinc valley so fast it overshoots (not overloads) the gutter & cascades onto the garden below.
In prolonged heavy rain, I suspect this could induce damp in the adjacent basement.
I rigged up a deflector plate which worked perfectly...
...until we just had a moderate snow-fall.
Then, a roofload of snow avalanched down & (fortunately) tore the plate off.
If I had made a better job of fixing it, I suppose it would have torn the gutter off.
So now I am looking for a smarter idea, to prevent water cascading over the gutter, but survive avalanching snow.
Maybe a flexible version of my plate?
I suppose I am not the first person to meet this problem, but I haven't found any solutions in my searching so far.
Thanks for any suggestions!
In heavy rain (several times per year) the flow from 2 roof slopes pours down a zinc valley so fast it overshoots (not overloads) the gutter & cascades onto the garden below.
In prolonged heavy rain, I suspect this could induce damp in the adjacent basement.
I rigged up a deflector plate which worked perfectly...
...until we just had a moderate snow-fall.
Then, a roofload of snow avalanched down & (fortunately) tore the plate off.
If I had made a better job of fixing it, I suppose it would have torn the gutter off.
So now I am looking for a smarter idea, to prevent water cascading over the gutter, but survive avalanching snow.
Maybe a flexible version of my plate?
I suppose I am not the first person to meet this problem, but I haven't found any solutions in my searching so far.
Thanks for any suggestions!