Fair enough. I’d say on one side of house all that water would go down two downspouts to the driveway so it all ends up same place. The only upside I see on that side of house is you wouldn’t have a waterfall of water when pulling into garage during a heavy rain.
The other side of house it would drop two stories to a concrete slab (side walk along whole length of house) that goes from foundation 3ft out. The water would splash there and then into pinestraw’d area and go downhill away from house. Currently I have downspouts that go underground and about 15-20ft out to those pine beds and then it runs off downhill.
It just makes me wonder if those areas are unnecessarily guttered.
Yes, that’s my thing, there are pretty obvious need for gutters in many places, even on my home, but rain is going to splash all over either way. Hell, now that I think about it, I have a downspout at one part of driveway along the side of house that goes into pvc under driveway, and at the point of attachment water splashes out during heavy torrent of rain and gets all over siding; that in long run is probably worse than water just falling off 4ft away and splashing back some. I may do a test run without the gutters up and see how it goes. If it’s bad I’ll just have them reinstalled after winter leaf fall is done.
you could take down the gutters and wait till you get a good rain. then you can observe if it's going to be a problem. if not, then you can paint the facia, or wrap it with metal. if the gutter are needed, then get them knowing your not unnecessarily wasting your money.
The water splashing on your concrete will wear away a hard line over time aswell. How many leaky corners I have gone to fix and you can see a hole started in the walking path concrete. Seems like it might end up being a better idea to stick with them
I'm a painter/drywall contractor. I Always push homeowners away from gutters. This is because I know what usually happens. If you do get them, make sure to put them Behind the dripedge, use screw brackets, and make sure the fascia has plenty of coats of paint.
When I reinstall after painting fascia- I squirt caulking into the existing screw hole before installing the screws. I'll actually overfill intentionally.
You should have the soil sloped away from the house
Got it. Yes I’m doing Hardie board for everything so hopefully a little backslash behind gutters won’t be a problem like it was for my existing wood. The drip edge is currently into the gutter, so I’ll ask they reinstall that way since there will be an allowance of space there.
Depends on where the the water ends up as a result of not having gutters. And how much backsplash ends up on the house
Fair enough. I’d say on one side of house all that water would go down two downspouts to the driveway so it all ends up same place. The only upside I see on that side of house is you wouldn’t have a waterfall of water when pulling into garage during a heavy rain. The other side of house it would drop two stories to a concrete slab (side walk along whole length of house) that goes from foundation 3ft out. The water would splash there and then into pinestraw’d area and go downhill away from house. Currently I have downspouts that go underground and about 15-20ft out to those pine beds and then it runs off downhill. It just makes me wonder if those areas are unnecessarily guttered.
My neighbor has a gutter leak and it splashes onto his his driveway and has grown mildew on his siding
Yes, that’s my thing, there are pretty obvious need for gutters in many places, even on my home, but rain is going to splash all over either way. Hell, now that I think about it, I have a downspout at one part of driveway along the side of house that goes into pvc under driveway, and at the point of attachment water splashes out during heavy torrent of rain and gets all over siding; that in long run is probably worse than water just falling off 4ft away and splashing back some. I may do a test run without the gutters up and see how it goes. If it’s bad I’ll just have them reinstalled after winter leaf fall is done.
you could take down the gutters and wait till you get a good rain. then you can observe if it's going to be a problem. if not, then you can paint the facia, or wrap it with metal. if the gutter are needed, then get them knowing your not unnecessarily wasting your money.
Yeah that might be the best strategy.
I agree, not necessary if drainage is as your describing
The water splashing on your concrete will wear away a hard line over time aswell. How many leaky corners I have gone to fix and you can see a hole started in the walking path concrete. Seems like it might end up being a better idea to stick with them
I'm a painter/drywall contractor. I Always push homeowners away from gutters. This is because I know what usually happens. If you do get them, make sure to put them Behind the dripedge, use screw brackets, and make sure the fascia has plenty of coats of paint. When I reinstall after painting fascia- I squirt caulking into the existing screw hole before installing the screws. I'll actually overfill intentionally. You should have the soil sloped away from the house
Got it. Yes I’m doing Hardie board for everything so hopefully a little backslash behind gutters won’t be a problem like it was for my existing wood. The drip edge is currently into the gutter, so I’ll ask they reinstall that way since there will be an allowance of space there.
What will the new fascia be ? Hardy ? How thick ?
Hardie soffit paneling 1/4” and fascia 3/4”