Roof Drainage

Gutter Design

Kingflow Insulated Gutter Range

Eaves Gutters

Valley Gutter

Flow capacities for individual shapes and lengths for gutters, outlet
sizes and downpipe arrangements can be calculated by designers.
As eaves gutters are outside the building envelope, the design is
less critical than for a valley, hip, parapet or boundary wall gutter.
For this reason freeboard (excess capacity) is not usually calculated
in eaves gutter designs.

Valley, Hip, Parapet and Boundary Wall Gutters

These are effectively part of the roof construction and the
consequences of overflow or leakage are serious, so their correct
design and installation are very important. As they are part of
the roof, they must also be insulated to comply with thermal
requirements with respect to excess heat loss, thermal bridging
and the risk of condensation.
Gutters should be wide enough and sufficiently strong to allow
foot traffic during installation and maintenance and to comply with
Health &Safety Regulations.

Parapet Gutter

Industry guides to good practice recommend minimum base

widths of 500mm for valleys, and 300mm for parapet and
boundary wall gutters. In general the shape of these gutters will be
dictated by roof slope, design flow rate and the distance between
downpipes. An additional freeboard over the maximum water level
is recommended to allow for splashing and waves (up to 75mm).
Gutters and outlets have to be dimensionally integrated into the
buildings structural/secondary steelwork.

Eaves Highline Gutter

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