Calculating residential gutter capacity
Calculating residential gutter capacity
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Does anyone have a helpful reference for this calculation? Is it possible to use a rainfall intensity value from an IDF curve with the roof and gutter geometry? What about the rational method?
Thanks for any replies.
Thanks for any replies.





RE: Calculating residential gutter capacity
RE: Calculating residential gutter capacity
Isn't this topic covered by building codes, though? And wouldn't architects be more experienced in gutter design?
It looks like eng-tips doesn't include architects, but perhaps the ANSI Code forum can help?
RE: Calculating residential gutter capacity
RE: Calculating residential gutter capacity
The ANSI code was a help. I think in this case the downspouts were undersized for the gutters that were designed.
Here is an excellent site that may help others who might need it. I had no idea that this was an architectural issue or that engineers didn't design gutters as much.
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Thanks again all.
RE: Calculating residential gutter capacity