If you re not closely attuned to the behavior of your home s water drainage system you may not notice this occurrence.
Water leaking between gutter and fascia.
Some of the water may leak behind the gutters down towards the soffit and the fascia.
Assuming the gutters have the correct slope the main reason for overflows is that the gutters are full of debris and need to be cleaned.
A gutter apron is a bent piece of flashing that tucks up under the shingles and over the gutter.
Unfortunately it doesn t always work that way.
For example most ranch style homes have a 3 12 or 4 12 pitch roof.
Over time rain gutters often start to pull away from the roof allowing water to drip over the gutter sides or between the gutters and the walls.
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Damage to the roof and fascia.
1 your roof sheets have a hole in them or your screws or nails or equivalent are not watertight anymore or 2 the more common reason is where roof sheets are cut too short or they don t overhang far enough into the gutter.
If the gutter is clogged some of that water will back up on the roof soaking it.
As i only moved in recently i don t know how long fascia and flashing were installed.
It s a bungalow so quite easy to access.
Usually this is due to gutter fasteners rusting.
Water leaking in behind the facia of your roof could be caused by a couple of things.
If water is dripping behind your gutter it s probably because it was installed without any flashing over the back of the gutter.
The fascia itself is upvc not wood thank god.
Capillary action is a water activity in which water adheres to a surface and follow the surface.
I had a look and think the problem is due to flashing being receded.
On some homes water tends to drip behind the gutters down the fascia and soffit and then either down the side of the house or straight to the ground.
And it doesn t stop there.
Gutters are supposed to direct water away from your roof and into the ground.
The gutter apron will prevent the dripping.