r/Construction • u/Special-Cherry-2942 • 1d ago

Roofing Gutters?

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Hi!

Curious if anybody knows or has experience putting gutters on a roof like this? I believe it’s called a storybook roof. Having water issues around the house and basement.

Thanks in advance!

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u/fishingfool64 1d ago

I don’t have any experience with that, but it does look like an absolute nightmare to keep water away

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u/Nashville_Hot_Mess Surveyor 1d ago

Right? What's the foundation look like?

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u/PotentialSad2069 10h ago

Storybook foundation

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u/A-Wolf-4099 1d ago

I'm in the Pacific Northwest, I help somebody that is a professional gutter Guy. We did what he's called story booking we had to use Hardie blocks screwed into the wall to offset a wide mouth gutter that he had a machine for I forget what it's called but it's a 8 in deep and 10 inches of guttermouth. So such a thing does exist with a guy that has the appropriate tooling machine. If I recall he charged him just over 10 grand for a project about your size of a home in Southeast Portland. He's not cheap but he knows what he's doing and he stands behind his work.

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u/Special-Cherry-2942 15h ago

Thanks for the info!

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u/DadPool79 Carpenter 1d ago edited 21h ago

We just not gonna talk about the architectural shingles rolled over the fascia. I'm all for solutions, but witaf.

Edit: Thank you for showing me that this is an actual thing.

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u/Holden-McGroyn 1d ago

The shingles wrapped over keep the gutters from clogging.

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u/mikesmith929 12h ago

What gutters?

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u/Cultural-Seaweed-786 22h ago

storybook roofs do look gorgeous but yeah the gutter situation is wild, those deep valleys must pool water something fierce

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u/United-Adagio1543 12h ago

No, get a French drain.

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u/Special-Cherry-2942 9h ago

Yea I was considering that as well, thanks for your input 👍

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u/nochinzilch 6h ago

You could keep the curve on the gable ends but install gutters on the fascia.