Water Splashing Behind Guttering

At some point in the past an owner had vinyl siding installed over old siding.

Water splashing behind guttering.

This video shows one of the reason why you can get water behind your gutter and some of th. 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. Home centers sell a gutter apron in 10 ft. Thankfully there s a fix for this and it s called a gutter splash guard.

Ever wonder why that is. Have rain water dripping out from between your facia and gutters. A gutter apron is a bent piece of flashing that tucks up under the shingles and over the gutter. 1 your roof sheets have a hole in them or your screws or nails or equivalent are not watertight anymore or 2 the more common reason is where roof sheets are cut too short or they don t overhang far enough into the gutter.

When the roof shingles do not extend past the metal drip edge the water will suck back on the metal drip edge this is called capillary action and run behind your gutters. Are you getting water behind your gutter. Capillary action is a water activity in which water adheres to a surface and follow the surface around. The first cause is when the roofing material is installed many roofers will not extend the roofing material past the roof edging or drip edge.

There are a few elements that come into play that cause water to run behind the gutter. Holes through the splash guard and the gutter. Rainwater leaking from a gutter ends up behind siding and causes a wall to rot. The extra thickness of the vinyl.

The gutter apron will prevent the dripping. If water is dripping behind your gutter it s probably because it was installed without any flashing over the back of the gutter.