Roof Gutter Terminology

Refers to the thickness of a gutter.

Roof gutter terminology.

They re the horizontal part that attaches to your home and collects the runoff from your roof. Pieces of metal used to prevent the seepage of water around any intersection or projection in a roof system such as vent pipes chimneys valleys and joints at vertical walls. A finishing at the gable end of a roof fixed parallel to the roof slope. A pipe made to carry the rain water from a gutter system away from the house and toward the ground drainage.

The optimal gauge for gutter is 032 inches. Gutter sections are simply the gutters themselves. If you have seamless gutters the gutter sections are the entire gutter on each side of your home. The vertical pipe that runs down the length of your house carrying rainwater from the gutter to the ground or a drain drop outlet.

A horizontal flashing installed where the top end of a roof slope meets a vertical projection such as a chimney or parapet wall. A hole formed by pieces of the gutter that the water from the gutters travels through to wash travel through the downspout and away from your home. A flat strap of material that is applied under the roofing material in order to hold the gutter in place. Common gutter terms downspout.

A system of gutters and downspouts designed to carry water away from the house drip edge extension.