Sos Roofline Systems

When it starts raining outside an incredible amount of water beats down on the roof of your house. The exterior of your home protects your interior from suffering from rain damage. To help the water disperse, most roofs are sloped and this then prevents a lot of rainwater gathering. Without the sloped roof, it can become severely damaged and eventually holes will form where the rainwater once was. That’s why you need gutters, and cast iron ones are a great choice.

If left to it’s own devices the rain water would run down the sloped roof and subsequently continue to pour down the wall of the house passing over window frames, windows, door frames, doors and possibly onto the damp proofing at the bottom of the house. Here it would collect in puddles that would take a long time to evaporate. All in all this would cause damage to the structure of your house, it can rot away wooden window and door frames and cause cracks in paving amongst other problems. During winter this damage does not take long to manifest itself and can cause further damage itself.

It is for all these reasons that people have gutters installed so that their walls and door frames stay much drier, even when it rains. The gutters collect the rainwater as soon as it has fallen off the top of the sloped roof. The slight sloping characteristics of guttering mean that the rainwater flows easily along it and into the pipe, where it then trickles down into the drain in the ground. If you’re wanting something that will stand the test of time through many years of rainwater drainage, cast iron gutters are the best option.

If you have gutters that are pitched away from the wall with even a slight gap is the equivalent of having no gutter whatsoever and you will face problems. In addition to this, gutters which cause rainwater to gather in one main area could spell bad news too, as this means the water is more likely to run down one particular wall.

The power of the water can erode the brickwork and the cement work causing serious structural damage and internal damp and rot. However, if you opt for cast iron gutters installed by a professional, you can get peace of mind that your home is going to stay nice and dry.