When it starts raining outside an incredible amount of water beats down on the roof of your house. Simplified, it is the exterior of your home that protects the inside from getting wet. To aid this process, nearly every homeowner’s roof is sloped so that water can easily run off it and stop water forming in roof pockets. Without the sloped roof, it can become severely damaged and eventually holes will form where the rainwater once was. To make sure this doesn’t happen, you need guttering.
If left to it’s own devices the rain water would run down the sloped roof and subsequently continue to pour down the wall of the house passing over window frames, windows, door frames, doors and possibly onto the damp proofing at the bottom of the house. After this, puddles would collect which are dangerous and the water would just sit there for ages. Above all, the damage rainwater can do should not be underestimated, and it can easily cause damage to the wooden frames and cause cracks to develop. Remember that during winter time, the potential damage it can cause doubles.
So, that’s why gutters and pipes are put in place to prevent any danger to your home. The gutters collect the rainwater as soon as it has fallen off the top of the sloped roof. From there the slight slope in the guttering will encourage the rain water into the down pipe, subsequently carrying it down into the drain and safely away. One of the best types of guttering to choose are cast iron gutters, as they are strong and secure and help the flow of the rainwater.
Remember, if you get your guttering put in by someone unprofessional then you could end up with it pitched away from the wall, and this is as good as useless. Another point to note is that gutters that cause the rainwater to gather in only one area of the guttering can cause major damage problems to the wall underneath.
The power of the water can erode the brickwork and the cement work causing serious structural damage and internal damp and rot. The best way to prevent this is to opt for cast iron gutters as these will require only a small amount of maintenance and a professional will ensure that they are installed properly.
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