Dripping/Leaking Gutters

stuart45

Over flowing is a more common phrase. Could be they need cleaning out, or are undersized for the roof and deep flow gutters are needed.

Annemos

Never heard of those. Thank you. 

MouldyOldDough

Albermarle said:

Apodemus said:

I'm stunned by two aspects of this thread!  

Firstly that anyone could claim to have done "a complete roof replacement" without that involving taking down and putting back the gutters.

And secondly that there has been a dry enough spell in the last couple of months for gutters not to have been an almost daily issue!

I  do not know the OP's location but in the South, although we had a wet Spring, there had been very little rainfall for a few weeks until this last week.
June rainfall in the South was only about a third to a half of normal according to the Met office.

However I do agree with your first point !

I am in SW England, and yes - we've had no REAL rain for several months - until the last few days !

ThisIsWeird

stuart45 said:

Over flowing is a more common phrase. Could be they need cleaning out, or are undersized for the roof and deep flow gutters are needed.

Or need upgrading for our current climate conditions.

'Alexa' has just flashed (ooh-err) a warning about severe weather conditions over the next couple of days down here, so I'm expecting torrents...

casper_gutman

Annemos said:

Something I am noticing these days, which I have never noticed before:
when we get the really heavy downpours here in the Midlands, many gutters on the houses are "overtopping". 

(If that is the right description. So much water coming off the roofs very suddenly, the gutters are not holding it all.) 

The word overtopping tends to be used in situations where there is a designed-in, intended route for excess water to overflow, but the issue is so severe that the water has actually filled to the brim and flowed over the top. An example might be a dam with a spillway designed to handle expected overflow conditions. If the spillway is blocked or rainfall in the catchment exceeds the design values, the dam could overtop. This can be very dangerous as the overtopping water could erode the downstream face of the dam. For example (from last year) Libya floods: Why did the Derna dams fail? (thenationalnews.com).

I suppose the same sort of scenario could apply to a guttering system if it had intentional overflows designed to prevent the water ever reaching the top, e.g., as in this photo: Chéneau, bande d'égout et noue en plomb. - Rain gutter - Wikipedia.

But the short version is: "overflowing" is the more usual word, and probably appropriate here.

Annemos

Thanks casper_gutman.

I go to the Himalayas quite often and they sometimes have dam problems. There was a problem recently in the area I visit. That must be why the word had lodged in my brain. 

MouldyOldDough

They came out yesterday and sealed up the joint with mastic - it rained last night with no leaks - so its sorted !

Bookworm105

MouldyOldDough said:

They came out yesterday and sealed up the joint with mastic - it rained last night with no leaks - so its sorted !

that may be an optimistic hope, especially if it is not a plastic gutter.

MouldyOldDough

Bookworm105 said:

MouldyOldDough said:

They came out yesterday and sealed up the joint with mastic - it rained last night with no leaks - so its sorted !

that may be an optimistic hope, especially if it is not a plastic gutter.

it IS plastic

ThisIsWeird

In which case there was surely a gasket that could have done the job, depending on the actual cause. Plastic moves a lot with temp - you can often hear it creaking in the morning sun - and mastic will very likely fail due to this movement.
But, fingers crossed not.