ᐅ Connecting one gutter to another – looking for a photo

Hello everyone,

maybe someone can help me. I’m looking for a photo online to show our building contractor what I mean, but I haven’t had any luck and don’t really know what to search for.

Here’s the situation: Our roof is not continuous on one side because it steps back partly due to a balcony. The gutter on the set-back section is supposed to connect into the gutter of the longer section. At the moment, it’s set up like this (sorry for the not-so-great photo):

We just noticed this yesterday and haven’t had the chance to clarify if this is a temporary solution or the final setup. It definitely looks quite unattractive.

I’ve seen houses where the downpipe runs parallel to the roof slope from the upper gutter and then connects sideways into the lower gutter.

Maybe someone has something like this or knows what this kind of situation is called?

Pinky0301 schrieb:

Maybe someone has this at their place or knows what this kind of case is called?

The issue with your balcony is what you might call a "careless solution using standard building components." Since there is not much structural work that can be done now, I would redirect the water to the other roof instead of running it along the entire balcony wall in an exposed pipe. Unfortunately, someone didn’t think this through completely.

What do you mean by that? The plan was to direct it into the lower gutter, since there is no longer a drainage option from the balcony. My idea was that the drain pipe should be connected to the upper gutter on the side, not downward.

I tried to sketch how we would like it to be:

I agree with hampshire. It looks like it was just thrown together carelessly with whatever materials were on hand. There are definitely better solutions. Could you take a photo of the overall situation while standing on the scaffolding and upload it?

The way you imagine it is rather unlikely to be possible.

Mycraft schrieb:

somewhat carelessly done

I agree with you. As I said, it might just be a temporary solution for now. (At least I hope so :rolleyes

Unfortunately, I won’t be able to provide photos today, but I can next week.