RickSab Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Here's another I could use your opinions on. This house has two interesting valleys. One on the front, and another in the middle. The middle one has several squares of roof dumping in it. Oh, the gutters on the dormer are open at the back at the bottom of that valley. I included a long shot of the house from the rear to give you an idea how much roof there is. Thanks for your ideas on this one. Rick Download Attachment: house.jpg 65.78 KB Download Attachment: Front valley.jpg 81.19 KB Download Attachment: Mid valley.jpg 32.16 KB Download Attachment: dormer.jpg 49.68 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Whitmore Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 The gutters shedding water onto the main roof plane is a common practice around here. The gutter should have a half moon cut in it so debris can not plug up the drainage point of the gutter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Whitmore Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 The valleys should not be completely flat and should be detailed as a flat roof system...... at least around my area. Just an opinion-- that is a crappy roof design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dirks Jr Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 The pictures you posted don't show it for sure but it looks like you may have what is called "dead" valleys. Look at the third picture down in the link below. It shows a way of dealing with dead valleys. http://www.softplan.com/v13features_roof.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Definitely a really crappy roof plan. Putting a saddle in the middle of the mess might help, but it's hard to tell without seeing it up close and personal. At this point, about all anyone could do to "improve" the situation would be to install WR Grace everywhere in and around the "valley". Personally, I call them pans, as in, a place that collects stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Whitmore Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 My dang computer won't open any of the link's in this site for some reason. I have never had this problem before and have not changed any settings, etc. Any ideas? I click on the link, and the screen starts to open, but never does open completely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dirks Jr Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Originally posted by Brandon Whitmore My dang computer won't open any of the link's in this site for some reason. I have never had this problem before and have not changed any settings, etc. Any ideas? I click on the link, and the screen starts to open, but never does open completely. Did you try clearing cookies and rebooting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drcr Posted May 25, 2008 Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 Hard to tell much from those pics. Those valleys might have plenty of pitch to them and be roofed with a modified bitumin/flat roof material. I don't see a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric B Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 I think if you caulk up the valley it'll be ok. Deadend gutters - bad news. Image Insert: 127.09 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mthomas1 Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 Here's Kurt's "saddle" style cricket: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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