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08-06-2009, 02:12 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 25
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What are these things?
This house I moved into about 2 months ago has gutters on 3 sides and some parts of the front....the rest has these weird louvered things....what are they and what purpose do they serve....I can tell you that they don't stop water from falling over the side of the roof.... |
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08-06-2009, 03:10 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Illinois
Posts: 172
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It almost looks like gutter covers (to keep leaves/branches out) to me, but without the gutters.
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08-06-2009, 03:47 PM
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Housebroken
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: CT
Posts: 2,398
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Garbage
Those are the old style rain diverters. They are supposed to direct the water away from the foundation in a spray so it does not create erosion in a downpoor. I'm suspecting you do not get rain all that often, but when you do it comes in buckets.
Loose them and install gutters with a downspout to a rainbarrel if you could use the water.
Looks like someones sales pitch worked on the previous owners. 
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08-06-2009, 05:02 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 25
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Ahhhh well the house is very old, these rain diverters are only on the front facade, on the other side of the front porch is a gutter and on the little side where the dining room is, otherwise the front has these and all the other sides have gutters....weird
Anyway we will install gutters where these are....I live in San Antonio so rain isn't all to common (not lately) but it does sometimes storm significantly
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10-16-2009, 11:56 AM
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Cork Flooring Pros
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: USA
Posts: 75
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They are the top to "maintenance free" gutters; I think the Zyco brand, but I'm not sure. What happened to the bottoms? lol
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10-16-2009, 12:00 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Texas
Posts: 107
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Not fun. By the looks of it.
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10-16-2009, 11:18 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: WA
Posts: 123
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11-12-2009, 08:11 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 4
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Quote:
Originally Posted by handyguys
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Yep, I have seen them before too. They prevent splash back onto the house, but they do not direct the water away far enough for most applications.
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