The valley is a common steep slope flashing used to cover the area where two roof planes meet.
Valley gutter steep.
If you have any type of gutter guard or gutter cover system you ll usually have issues with gutter overflow.
After the installation of gutter protection water could overshoot the gutters at this point.
Roof valleys are like gutters with a steep pitch but the stakes are higher for valleys than they are for gutters in a previous video we covered how to flash roof edges before shingling.
The valley flashing laid over the joint where the two roofs meet should overlap the step flashing at least 2 in.
Find them locally at hardware stores or home.
Holes through the splash guard and the gutter.
Valleys are used in conjunction with asphalt tile and metal roofing materials.
To make things even more interesting i have half round gutters.
I challenged this product by using it on the valley of a fairly steep valley is between roofs pitched at 12 12 8 12 standing seam metal roof.
I have a large steep roof section 400sqft connected by a long 20 valley.
During heavy rainstorms the majority of the draining water completely overshoots the gutter landing near the foundation.
With an open valley a strip of metal will be visible on the roof wherever two opposing roof planes meet.
Generally i would say the valley controller is pretty well designed.
A roof valley acts like a funnel channeling large volumes of water at a high velocity.
The shingles are then cut out of the valley area opening the surface of the valley lining to water run off and the environment.
If rainwater cascading down your roof valley causes a waterfall that washes out the petunias every time it storms do this simple fix.
Then reshingle sliding metal step flashing behind the fascia board the trim behind the gutter.
And even without gutter covers in a down pour the gutters may be overwhelmed with rain water and overflow.
To sum it up gutter diverters can help with overflowing water in gutters only on inside or outside gutter corners.
If leaks continue to occur from ice dams consider installing roof edge heating cables.
We offer several styles.
You can find these precut gutter.
It costs only a few dollars and takes about 20 minutes to complete.
I do not recommend gutter covers if you have a low pitched roof and i don t recommend mesh gutter covers.
I recommend gutter covers if you have a steep pitched roof and you get a water flow gutter covers.
In this video we ll flash the valley.
