The downspout and gutter sizing calculator is located on the tools cad and apps page of the smacna website.
Standard size of roof gutter.
5 inch 2 500 square feet.
If frequent heavy showers occur where you live then a down spout with a bigger size would prove more suitable.
A larger sized gutter and downspout will work better in locations that experience heavy or prolonged rainy seasons.
Together they can remove water from the gutter faster thus improving the efficiency of your gutter system.
Multiply the drainage area by the roof pitch factor and rainfall intensity to find out the adjusted square footage.
As a general rule egutter recommends for roof areas that exceed 2800 square feet a 6 k style size with a 3 x 4 downspout size would be appropriate.
Metal corrosion issues all gutter and components must be the same to prevent electrolysis or electrical corrosion.
Then use the information below to see what size gutter you need.
5 inch 5 520 square feet.
If a roof s various drainage areas call for different size gutters go for the biggest one k style.
The slope of the roof and size of the gutter affect the gutter drainage capacity.
Now architects engineers designers and contractors can easily and accurately size downspouts and gutters according to the specifications in smacna s architectural sheet metal manual 7th edition 2012.
6 inch 7 960 square feet.
While a certain shape and size may come to mind when you think about gutters these water bearing troughs can be many different shapes and sizes.
The steeper a roof s pitch the more windblown rain it can collect.
If a roof s various drainage areas call for different size gutters go for the biggest one k style.
6 inch 7 960 square feet.
Then use the chart below to see what size gutter you need.
Once you are done deciding the correct size for your downspout depending upon the size of your gutter and the amount of rainfall in your area the next step shall be figuring out the kind of downspouts you want installed gpm stands for gallons per minute.
Picking your gutter size.
Roof pitch matters when you re considering the size of your future gutters.
Hold one end of the level against the roof level it and then measure the distance between the roof and the underside of the level at its midpoint which.
Is a gutter just a gutter.
5 inch 5 520 square feet.
Roof pitch is very important for right roof gutter sizing.
5 inch 5 520 square feet.
That is to say.
6 inch 7 960 square feet.
Residential sizing samples are available to check the optimal fit but in most cases the 5 half round gutter requires standard gutterbrush for 5 gutters 4 25 dia while the 6 half round gutter requires oversized gutterbrush for 6 gutters 5 25 dia.