Rainwater Gutter Design Calculations

15 m is a practical maximum gutter length to be served by a downspout.

Rainwater gutter design calculations.

Downspout sizes must not exceed the bottom width of the gutter. Design area wizard. For the most up to date rain intensity data visit noaa s website and use precipitation intensity as the data type. Subtracting 3 4 for under the roof edge and 1 8 outside edge allowance this is the width that is available for the rainwater to enter the gutter total width of a flat piece of building material maximum total gutter drop before any downspout this assumes 4 7 per hour maximum rain intensity.

Doubling the number of downspouts halves the required capacity for each. This means the downspout end of the gutter should be set 3 4 of an inch lower than the other end. Roof drainage layout and calculations. Roof area the locale s rainfall intensity and gutter capacity determine how many square inches of downspout are needed.

Size downspouts to fit the gutter. This wizard makes it easy to calculate the roof design area by providing various shape calculations and the calculation for vertical walls area per international plumbing code ipc. Round 3 inches 706 square feet 4 inches 1 255 square feet. Divide these areas by the local rain fall rate in inches per hour to determine the actual roof area to be served by the gutter diameter.

From chart 1 2 it is determined that a 9 5 in 241 mm half round gutter should be used. On a rainfall intensity of 75mm hr roof pitch not exceeding 50º gutters running full. Overflow provisions rain shadow roof slopes how to find rainfall intensity how to calculate the area of any catchment how to find the hydraulic grade of charged pipes how to design box gutters using the code how to use the extra features of the dp calculator box gutters allowable width slope length other plumbing codes how to exceed the. Area and flow in table 1 4 are based on 1 in 25 mm of rainfall 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. To limit the effects of thermal expansion in gutters 50 ft. For example if you have 30 feet of guttering the calculation is 1 4 x 3 0 75 i e. Calculations are based on level gutter capacity as experimentally determined by the national institute of standards and technology nist.

We recommend resource library read more. A square inch of downspout can drain 1 200 square feet of roof during a rain with an intensity of one inch per hour. Refer to bsen 12056 part 3.