exactly as last January, my gutters have filled with ice, causing an ice dam on the roof and resulting in water seeping in, running down the inside of the exterior wall and dripping in through window/door frames. If i go in the eaves I can see some timbers are wet and the top of the plasterboard as well.
Thought this might have been because of a "bad winter" one off type thing, but looks like it's going to happen every winter so I'll need to fix it permanently.
i have flush eaves, no soffits/fascias, gutters are attached directly to wall. Roof looks to have plastic eaves vents, some kind of fibre board, felt on top of that then concrete tiles. house about 25 years old
I notice that in some parts there is a lip of felt in the gutter, some bits it is behind the gutter and in some places the felt has deteriorated and broken off.
I assume this is part of the problem and the remedy would be to strip off the first couple of rows of tiles, replace the felt with the lip going into the gutter?
Anything else that should be considered?
my gutters are one continual length with one standard size downpipe, they don't have much fall which is not a problem normally, i am planning on replacing them so will look to try and get a 2nd downpipe or use higher flow gutters which may help.
Thought this might have been because of a "bad winter" one off type thing, but looks like it's going to happen every winter so I'll need to fix it permanently.
i have flush eaves, no soffits/fascias, gutters are attached directly to wall. Roof looks to have plastic eaves vents, some kind of fibre board, felt on top of that then concrete tiles. house about 25 years old
I notice that in some parts there is a lip of felt in the gutter, some bits it is behind the gutter and in some places the felt has deteriorated and broken off.
I assume this is part of the problem and the remedy would be to strip off the first couple of rows of tiles, replace the felt with the lip going into the gutter?
Anything else that should be considered?
my gutters are one continual length with one standard size downpipe, they don't have much fall which is not a problem normally, i am planning on replacing them so will look to try and get a 2nd downpipe or use higher flow gutters which may help.