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In spite of a porch roof which is literally tied into and overlapping a carport, recent storms intruded on my quiet time. I knew sooner or later I needed to address the porch and carport gutters, as the harvest growing out of them was approaching one foot tall. However, actually witnessing the flooding overflow hitting the pavement and splashing on me was enough to interrupt my railing project and attempt some gutter cleaning.
In spite of a porch roof which is literally tied into and overlapping a carport, recent storms intruded on my quiet time. I knew sooner or later I needed to address the porch and carport gutters, as the harvest growing out of them was approaching one foot tall. However, actually witnessing the flooding overflow hitting the pavement and splashing on me was enough to interrupt my railing project and attempt some gutter cleaning.
So my next (almost daily) Home Depot morning trip for a few more 2 x 4's also included the purchase of a garden hand spade to dig out the gutters. I'm sure an hour or two and it would all be remedied. Silly me.
So my next (almost daily) Home Depot morning trip for a few more 2 x 4's also included the purchase of a garden hand spade to dig out the gutters. I'm sure an hour or two and it would all be remedied. Silly me.
After setting up and climbing the ladder is when I discovered the two-inch wide by two-inch deep integrated gutters to the aluminum roof, which overhung the gutter a full one inch, allowing an opening of only one inch. So my new garden tool was replaced with a putty knife. Upon inspection, other tools included a grass rake, a wheelbarrow, and a garden hose.
After setting up and climbing the ladder is when I discovered the two-inch wide by two-inch deep integrated gutters to the aluminum roof, which overhung the gutter a full one inch, allowing an opening of only one inch. So my new garden tool was replaced with a putty knife. Upon inspection, other tools included a grass rake, a wheelbarrow, and a garden hose.
After the first four feet and one hour of cleaning, it became evident that the end of the gutter-roof, which was connected to the carport roof, had over time sunk as the water in the freshly cleaned gutter was flowing in the wrong direction, away from the downspout. So now I needed to raise the roof, or rather the "roofs" at the connecting point. My recently purchased 2 x 4's for finishing my railing project became repurposed as a pole!
After the first four feet and one hour of cleaning, it became evident that the end of the gutter-roof, which was connected to the carport roof, had over time sunk as the water in the freshly cleaned gutter was flowing in the wrong direction, away from the downspout. So now I needed to raise the roof, or rather the "roofs" at the connecting point. My recently purchased 2 x 4's for finishing my railing project became repurposed as a pole!
By day's end, I had about half the porch roof water runoff flowing anywhere but on my morning quiet time area!
By day's end, I had about half the porch roof water runoff flowing anywhere but on my morning quiet time area!
I see this going on for days and never getting fully completed right; as this ole man is NOT getting on top of these roofs! I'll do what I can from the ladder! (grin)
I see this going on for days and never getting fully completed right; as this ole man is NOT getting on top of these roofs! I'll do what I can from the ladder! (grin)
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