Running A Hose Over The Roof

Use a soak n spray hose it puts out lots of very small streams down the length of the hose.

Running a hose over the roof.

Use a power hose to blow out the leaves and dirt. The photo at the top of the page is one example of a upper gutter draining into a lower one neatly coming down tucked around the side wall and not calling attention to itself. The hose should be fitted with a nozzle set to its most powerful spray function. This also helps to clean the caked up dirt along the inside and outside of the gutter.

Remove the vent cover with the screwdriver and set it. This will save time and leave less of a mess than using a hose. Some homeowners feel that a gutter running across a roof especially at the front elevation messes with the curb appeal of the house. Dumping bathroom exhaust into an attic or under roof space invites costly mold contamination frost under the roof in freezing climates moisture damage to roof sheathing possibly even plywood delamination or rot roof failures and shorter roof shingle life.

If the vent pipe isn t installed properly the roof may leak through or around the pipe penetration leading to costly repairs. Vent pipes provide this air by running outside the structure of the house.