Water Getting Behind Gutter

The gutter apron will prevent the dripping.

Water getting behind gutter.

The fascia itself is upvc not wood thank god. When it rains water is supposed to roll down the side of your roof and into your gutters through the gutters to a downspout into the downspout and away from your home s foundation. Left long enough the water runoff will cause damage to the roof shingles as well as your home s facade. If the gutter is clogged some of that water will back up on the roof soaking it.

And it doesn t stop there. There are a few elements that come into play that cause water to run behind the gutter. Have rain water dripping out from between your facia and gutters. 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.

Water dripping down from fascia instead of gutter there is water dripping down from fascia when it rains. This can be frustrating and also creates a dangerous situation on porch steps during freez. Some of the water may leak behind the gutters down towards the soffit and the fascia. At some point in the past an owner had vinyl siding installed over old siding.

Water gets behind the gutter if water is dripping behind your gutter it s probably because it was installed without any flashing over the back of 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. The extra thickness of the vinyl. Rainwater leaking from a gutter ends up behind siding and causes a wall to rot.

Capillary action is a water activity in which water adheres to a surface and follow the surface around. A gutter apron is a bent piece of flashing that tucks up under the shingles and over the gutter.