Gutters

[Bryan T. Moree]

Has anyone seen this type of gutter system? This is a new one to me.

[Buck Hartley, CMI]

Where do they discharge?

[Michael Larson]

Originally Posted by bhartley

Where do they discharge?

Texas?

[Christopher Currins]

NO..

[Michael Larson]

Originally Posted by ccurrins

NO..

How do you know?

They could just as easily be going to an underground pipe that runs underground and discharges to the surface.

Mine discharge into an underground pipe to my back yard 25 ft below the front elevation.

[Christopher Currins]

Originally Posted by mlarson

how do you know?

They could just as easily be going to an underground pipe that runs underground and discharges to the surface.

Mine discharge into an underground pipe to my back yard 25 ft below the front elevation.

has anyone seen this type of gutter system?

I Would Know If I Had Seen It Before.

Does your system run into and behind the exterior veneer?

[Michael Larson]

Originally Posted by ccurrins

I Would Know If I Had Seen It Before.

Does your system run into and behind the exterior veneer?

No but I can think of nothing preventing that type of hidden installation.

Mine discharge into a pipe at the front just above grade.

It looks to be a 4" PVC that it dumps into in the photo posted.

[Marcel R. Cyr]

There sure must be a lot of water coming out of those weep holes in the bottom of the veneer.

[James F. McKee]

that sure sounds like a great idea...lets just channel all this water behind the veneer...seems kind of backwards to me...

[Bryan T. Moree]

They were discharging into a french drain system that discharged at the street.

[David P. OKeefe]

Originally Posted by mcyr

There sure must be a lot of water coming out of those weep holes in the bottom of the veneer.

Weep holes? Whoops, I knew I forgot something.

[Marcel R. Cyr]

I agree, before they installed the seamless gutters, it was piped to the interior and sent to the local storm water or underground French Drain as Bryan mentioned.
I inspected an older home a few years back where all the interior duct system were still in the basement, but no longer used.
Still had the old wood gutters and newer downspouts had been installed.

I have pictures, but would have to dig them out of my disc files.

[Curtis M. Vilt]

I was asked to do this a few times in Illinois when I was remodeling. I owned a gutter machine.An Northern Illinois University Architect specified the downspouts be built into the wall cavity so they would not freeze. And discharge into the storm sewer. I talked him put of it. Sounds good but can you imagine the problems when they fail?

[ROBERT W. NEWLAND, JR.]

Designed to keep the bricks good and wet so the vines will thrive. Bet the house is like a Chia Pet in the spring time

[Marcel R. Cyr]

I needed a good friend to help me find this link on the subject.
Interesting reading.

http://www.mosbybuildingarts.com/blo...gutter-system/