Water pooling at end of guttering: is this a big issue? Photos attached

@Harry Bloomfield. Maybe this photo will explain better. This is where the water goes and therefore all the rest of my gutter has to be higher than this. What they are saying is that even by setting the slope as low as possible at the other end the gutter arrives where it and therefore at the particular spot I showed above the tiles are going inside the gutter.
 

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@Harry Bloomfield. Maybe this photo will explain better.

It doesn't really. What I see in the photo, is quite a steep slope, and the gutter appearing to be just rested/over-lapped on the gutter on the right - that should be a proper gutter joint.

This is where the water goes and therefore all the rest of my gutter has to be higher than this.

There are two ways to set gutter... Either absolutely level, throughout, but as getting it level at height can be quite difficult, then a small amount of slope to the discharge point, is more usual, to ensure it drains.

I the fallpipe/ hopper, to the right in that photo, and at the end of your neighbour's gutter?
 
When we test the slope with water it flows but not particularly rapidly. Bear in mind the fascia is going upward so it is misleading. When they put the long level inside the gutter the slope is very minor.

There was an old gutter that was lapped onto the neighbours, it was cut and a union joint has been added.

Yes to the right is the neighbour's outlet, see photo attached (this was the old gutter, there is now a union).

Thanks!
 

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When we test the slope with water it flows but not particularly rapidly. Bear in mind the fascia is going upward so it is misleading. When they put the long level inside the gutter the slope is very minor.

Done properly, it will entirely drain away, leaving the gutter empty of water. If it's doing that, then it's OK. As said in my first post in the thread, if water collects anywhere in the gutter, then eventually, debris washed down from the roof will collect there too. That when you get growth in the gutter.
 

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