PORCH REPAIR DRAINAGE ADVICE
Hi all I am about to have some repairs done to my porch canopy. My down pipes are black and I will have a small run of guttering with a pipe on the right side which will come down the white section of the wall. My question is two-fold. 1. would you have a run of black guttering and pipe even down the white wall? or 2. Would you have the black guttering along the dark wood area and white pipe down the wall to minimize the look against the wall? I hate the idea of having drain down the wall but the porch has been damaged by water seepage which as caused rot on the front and underside. Previously repaired by old owner but no drainage put in. The front bit of the porch will be rendered using K-Render with a water resistant plasterboard suitable for K-Render. Your suggestions would be gratefully received. Work scheduled to commence 5th Dec.
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoPatrina
5 years agoHi E D I think that is why no guttering was installed when was repaired - it ruined the look. Arrgh guttering the necessary evil :-)) Here's another shot of the exterior. The existing drainage is to the left over the garage door. Thank you for the suggestion. would love to explore how to how to install drainage along the area indicated blue to tie in to existing drainage and not ruin the look. Is there something such as slim line guttering?
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years ago Patrina
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5 years agoHi Patrina, I see where you're going with this now. You couldn't put the gutter where your line is because it's too low down. It sits where the red circles are. On the left you can see the height as it then connects to the garage.
If you need a separate piece on the right, then I doubt you'd be able to connect it to the left and have the right amount of fall on it to connect it to the left regardless.
I still stand by the statement above.............guttering should not be necessary if the tiles are doing their job, there should be no water getting in from the roof. The wood should be sealed and treated correctly. The canopies are designed to have no need for guttering.
However, I can't see where the water is getting in, so, if your builder is adamant about the guttering...............then................you could slightly change the design of the porch and put chunky timbers in at the back, re-mount the porch supports on to the new timbers and run your black gutter pipe down the side of that, which your eye will not be drawn to.
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5 years agoUPDATE: The porch has been repaired and rendered and both carpenter and renderer did a fab job. :-) The issue for me is that we had to remove the struts in order to have a smooth level render. We now have the issue of the struts not sitting flush in the frame because of the render. We have all the struts which we would like to re-use as we think it looks better with the struts. Any suggestions on how to split the struts so the fit flush? First pic - pre repair, second pic – after repair, third pic - After render.
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Rough photoshop, but you get the idea! I haven't quite perfected my beams of light tutorial! I probably wouldn't keep the existing lamp, but at least you have the wiring you can use. Patrina
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