Determine the gutters and downspouts required for the residence shown in Figure 15.18? The residence has a hip roof with an overhang of 18 inches.

What will be an ideal response?


The gutters are need around the entire perimeter of the roof.

Gutters = 2 (1.5' + 36' + 1.5') + 2 (1.5' + 26' + 1.5') = 136'

Locate downspouts on each of the corners and allow for 1.5' of downspout to move the downspout to the wall.

Downspout = 4(1.5' + 8') = 38'

Order 12 elbows

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