SB: Re: Re: wood gutters (Rainhandler)

["Richard" <rharris1@ec.rr.com>]

I have some Rainhandler installed in a problem area. It works very well, but
it had some trouble staying put during hurricane Fran. Of course, the eye
passed right overhead. <G>

Richard H

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Hunt" <billhunt@redrock.net>
To: "Strawbale List" <strawbale@crest.org>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 9:25 PM
Subject: SB: Re: wood gutters


> Anyone tried those Rainhandler things?  "Better than gutters",
> "Self-cleaning", etc (from their sales stuff): www.rainhandler.com .  No
> downspouts.  They sort of dissipate the rain, away from the
> building.  Not what you want over the doors, but could be good elsewhere,
> unless you want to collect that rainwater to water your garden later
(which
> makes sense to me).  Metal gutters seem practical for that.
>
> That Moose in the snow country, smelling frost coming, wrote:
> >... ice-buildup in winter (after repeated freeze-thaw cycles) can result
in
> burst
> >& sagging troughs & downspouts)
>
> Indeed.  In heavy snow country here, gutters will be ripped off the
building
> by extraordinary ice formations without heat tape everywhere, which seems
> like a huge energy waste.  FWIW, as strange as it may seem, many
buildings
> in Alta have flat roofs (actually sloped to roof drains, sometimes 1:12)
> designed for huge snow loads (no life threatening roof avalanches that
way),
> with the drainage "downspouts" running in the building's heated space.
>
> Cheers- WasatchBill
>
>
>
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