International Association of Certified Home Inspectors
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| Exterior Contains discussions about the exterior portion of a home inspection. This includes roofs, gutters, downspouts, decks, patios, windows, et cetera. |
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The house is 50 yrs. plus, 2 storey, the roof is under 10 years old. Two dormers at the front of the house, the only 2 bedrooms upstairs. The dormers are gable type having 3 visible fascias and do not have gutters or downspouts. Should the dormers have gutters and downspouts.
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Runoff from dormer downspouts will slowly erode granules of the main roof too and although runoff will have less impact energy (since the downspout curves and slows runoff where it empties onto the main roof), it will concentrate runoff volume from the dormer roof. If the dormer were near the front eve, downspouts could empty directly intothe main roof gutters, which would be the best. Otherwise, it's a tradeoff. I've not seen this really addressed anywhere. Kenton Shepard, InterNACHI member # 04082383 Certified Master Inspector (CMI) EXPERT WITNESS Director of Green Building Director for International Development (303) 717-8940 (303) 258-8289 Last edited by kshepard; 3/18/09 at 9:50 PM.. |
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