Running A Hose Over The Roof

Ours is installed at the peak of the roof and draining to both sides metal roof no.

Running a hose over the roof.

Running a vent pipe out of the roof takes some careful preparation. If the vent pipe isn t installed properly the roof may leak through or around the pipe penetration leading to costly repairs. The hose should be fitted with a nozzle set to its most powerful spray function. This also helps to clean the caked up dirt along the inside and outside of the gutter.

Use a power hose to blow out the leaves and dirt. The photo at the top of the page is one example of a upper gutter draining into a lower one neatly coming down tucked around the side wall and not calling attention to itself. Some homeowners feel that a gutter running across a roof especially at the front elevation messes with the curb appeal of the house. Dumping bathroom exhaust into an attic or under roof space invites costly mold contamination frost under the roof in freezing climates moisture damage to roof sheathing possibly even plywood delamination or rot roof failures and shorter roof shingle life.

Vent pipes provide this air by running outside the structure of the house. Turn the water on before you bring the hose onto the roof.