Roof Valley Rain Water Diverter Tests www.roofvalleywaterdiverter.com

on the water valley diverter you notice in the back here it has a special bend over here this Bend allows you to slip the unit up underneath the shingles also ask to help prevent the UFO come back out to help grab against the shingles you see another bend over on this side here too which also helps for easy assembly go into the shingles this bit also helps prevent ice from forming with ice forms from backing up into the roof the black is an ice stop also this Bend can be used to add a clip on which one wouldn't click onto here we'll put you eight inches away from the center of the valley let's move up into here you'll see this Bend here which acts not only for strength but also gives you the flexibility during a freeze over situation during the winter you can see the unit has the ability to flex so the ice will not crack it or cause any undue damage to the unit there's a common problem encountered when uh with the roof valley as you see the water here is cascade over the gutter I was in washout the landscaping below here you can see the same Valley but once the valley water diverter is installed you notice that no more water cascades over the side all water is funneled through the diverter into the gutter and away from the landscape and vent you wash out from landscape here is a common solution to this problem that's often used on roofs as you can see though this tends to stand out and looks unattractive on the roof also as you can see in his next shot is not very effective at the water able to work its way around this barrier and drip down onto the soffit and it's decided below also the solution is very susceptible to having debris stuck behind it once this amount of debris is stuck behind this unit it's a lose all of its effectiveness and now the water will continue to cascade over onto the soffit down onto the siding bypassing the gutter system there you can see with this cheaper non effective alternative solution but water works its way down the fascia board into the soffit and it will work down behind the siding and cause damage the primary wall of the residence here we'll perform a stress test on a diverter as a 55-gallon drum of water is dumped on a diverter you see there's no impact on the unit at all and eighty-five percent of the water is still handled by the unit as a branch pipe on the outlet funnels the water into the gutter system here you can see the diver unit working under actual rain rain storm you can see how all the water 1% is funneled down the valley into the diverter into the gutter here we'll perform an overflow test on the diverter we intentionally clog the unit to study how water will overflow the unit if there is a clog during a rainstorm with the addition of a hose pipe dumping water through the valley you can notice that the only place water overflows is that the overflowed NOx is intentionally cut the front of the diverter this prevents any water from backing up into the shingles and getting underneath the roof all waters phone through that notch over the side of the roof in case of a clog you your entire bag of debris was done on top of the diverter you notice even with all this debris that the bird still works purple water works its way through into the unit and into the gutter here / the homeowners request the unit was spray painted to match the roofs of blends in seamlessly with the roof line also you can see here the unit in full action for a heavy rainstorm as are most of the water is funneled down from the valley through the diverter into the gutter with no washout on the landscaping below and no dangerous overflow conditions but low though the gutter system here is one example of potential application for the water diverter you notice here all the washout on the exterior brick there is an example of the unit those installed seven years ago as you can see there's no runoff lighting on the building and the UN has lasted very well through the weather at the seven winters another example of unit is installed approximately six years ago again there's no water falling on the building here's a fully assembled kit that can be used for a pitch between three and six on a roof here's a flexible kit to use on pitch between six and ten

Channel: Advanced Roofing Solutions

Views: 213,837

Rating: 4 out of 5

Keywords: Roof Valley, Water Overflow, Diverter, Roof, Rain Water

Id: A7QS_FVNm28

Length: 5min 26sec (326 seconds)

Published: Sun Sep 15 2013