Roof Area Per Downspout

Gutters come in many sizes.

Roof area per downspout.

Large gutters can hold more water. Doubling the number of downspouts halves the required capacity for each. The table is based on rainfall intensity 100 mm per hour 4 inches per hour. Smacna s new downspout and gutter sizing calculator enables the user to manually enter the design area of the roof or use the design area wizard for the calculation.

A square inch of downspout can drain 1 200 square feet of roof during a rain with an intensity of one inch per hour. Gutters and downspouts are vulnerable for obstructions caused branches and leafs from surrounding trees and similar. A large roof is going to move a lot of water which means the downspout locations may need to be adjust to compensate. Max area of roof draining to one down.

Rainfall intensity should always be checked with the local authorities. A high slope moves water more quickly and if gutters have trouble dealing with a lot of water in a short period of time an extra downspout can alleviate that issue. Roof area the locale s rainfall intensity and gutter capacity determine how many square inches of downspout are needed. Up to 6 12 7 12 8 12.

The more roof surface above the gutters the more rainwater will be caught and funneled down into those gutters. The roof plan area that is drained by each downspout is plan area 40 x 40 1600 sf given the area factor b in table 10c the design area is design area plan area x b 1600 x 1 05 1680 sf from table 10a column b2 the area drained per square inch of downspout is 130 sf.