know anything about roofing?

[Soybomb]

I have a problem and a potential solution but I'm not sure its good. Our garage has gutters on the sides of the roof and for the most part they're great. Theres a problem though, the garage door is on the end of the garage of course where there is no gutter. There are two places where water runs off the roof from this end of the garage and freezes where you need to walk. I don't know why it doesn't run down the roof and chooses to run off there. Anyway the guy at the hardware store suggested nailing a drip edge along the edge of the roof there mounted upside down so its like a channel that forces the water down the roof and into the gutter. Is that sound? I haven't seen anything on line where people do that...

 

[Mr N8]

Why not just run a new gutter into the existing ones?

 

[amdskip]

I wouldn't cobble it up like that. Just get a new gutter and put it up yourself.

 

[Electric Amish]

I can't exactly picture what you're describing, but the suggested solution doesn't seem like the best solution.

 

[NumbaJuan]

Rain diverters

 

[Mr N8]

I think what that guy told you is a cheap solution, but with any amount of snow / rain, it will just all run over the drip channel. You really just need to put new gutter up on that side of the garage.

 

[Soybomb]

Maybe its a regional thing but do people run gutter sloping up a roof? It just seems like it would look dumb to see guttering running a 45 degree angle uphill.

 

[BlueWeasel]

No, you don't run a gutter up the slope of a gable end (it sounds like the garage is on the gable end of the house).

Where exactly is the water dripping from? Got any pics of the house and roof?

 

[Grunt03]

Do it the proper way and invest in a new gutter system, doing it the cheap way doesn't always mean you will save money in the long run......

 

[BlueWeasel]

How much of an eave overhang do you have? That could also be part of the problem.

 

[Soybomb]

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
No, you don't run a gutter up the slope of a gable end (it sounds like the garage is on the gable end of the house).

Where exactly is the water dripping from? Got any pics of the house and roof?

Exactly, its not a picture, but its funnier anyway http://cyber-byte.com/coat/gutter.jpg

Without going outside the overhang is probably a foot or maybe a bit more. The diverter sounds like something like I've seen before and was thinking.

 

[Kelemvor]

Running an "edge" along the sloped side would be a fine idea. Jsut have to get something nice that won't rot, rust, etc and will look nice. Probably woudln't have to be very tall and you'd never even notice it.

 

[shilala]

I think it's a fine idea, too. I thought you were talking about the leading edge of the roof initially. You could easily work drip edge under the shingles and take car of the problem.
I'd worry about the water finding it's way back under the shingles, so be sure to siliconize the inside edge where the shingles meet the drip edge.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

the edge of your roof on the gable (the rake) should be perpendicular to the eave and the ridge. If not, then water may straight down hill, but still fall off the rake like what you describe.

Assuming that the rake is perpendicular and the plane of the gable isn't canted, then there must be something pushing the water off towards and over the rake.

climb up there and make sure there aren't some leaves or other debris that have created a dam.

 

[RayH]

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude
the edge of your roof on the gable (the rake) should be perpendicular to the eave and the ridge. If not, then water may straight down hill, but still fall off the rake like what you describe.

I this is the case or the roof is not entirely level, an extra layer of shingles along the edge may be enough to force the majority of the water into the gutters.

 

[Drakkon]

I say screw the roof...move the walkway...


I'm not a roofer but i did stay in a holiday in last night

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: Drakkon
I say screw the roof...move the walkway...


I'm not a roofer but i did stay in a holiday in last night

That's a shame, because it did nothing for your spelling.

[Edit] Edited for spelling errors.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

bad idea....it will cause water to stop and in cold wether will ice up and run ice and water beneath the shingles. If you do anything, put something on hte surface similar to the rain diverter above and using roof sealant at the fasteners.

 

[mcvickj]

There was an episode of Ask This Old House that delt with the same problem you are having. The home owner didn't want to put gutters on the house because they wanted to keep the historical look to the house. Tom Silva came up with the idea to take the drip edge and turn it upside down to channel the water away from the walk way. He shaped it in a V pattern and made sure that it cleared the door by at least a foot. It might have been two feet. All he did was pulled up some of the shingles and nailed em down and then took some roofing caulk to seal the nail heads and to glue the shingles back in place. After it was all said and done it took a hose up to the roof to show the home owner the finsihed product and how it worked. Sure its low tech but it did the job.