Gutter Words, in Plain English
The terms you'll see on a written price.
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Fifteen terms
- Eaves
- The bottom edge of a roof, where it overhangs the wall. The gutter runs along it.
- Fascia
- The board at the eaves that the gutter brackets are fixed to.
- Soffit
- The board under the eaves, between the fascia and the wall.
- Outlet
- The opening in the gutter where water drops into the downpipe. Where most blockages are.
- Downpipe
- The vertical pipe from the gutter to the ground.
- Swan neck
- The double bend at the top of a downpipe that brings it in from the eaves to the wall.
- Shoe
- The angled piece at the foot of a downpipe that throws water into the gully.
- Gully
- The drain at ground level that the downpipe empties into.
- Fall
- The slight slope on a gutter towards its outlet. Without it, water sits.
- Valley gutter
- A gutter in the dip between two roof slopes.
- Parapet gutter
- A gutter hidden behind a wall at the roof edge, common on shops and older terraces.
- Hopper
- An open box at the top of a downpipe that collects water from more than one pipe.
- Gutter vacuum
- A wet vacuum with a long pole and a hooked nozzle, for cleaning gutters from the ground.
- Biocide
- A treatment that kills moss and algae on a roof.
- Gutter guard
- A brush or mesh that sits in or over a gutter to keep leaves out.
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- Carrigaline1,178 mm of rain a year
- Cobh1,087 mm of rain a year
- Midleton1,108 mm of rain a year
- Mallow1,072 mm of rain a year
- Youghal1,033 mm of rain a year
- Bandon1,331 mm of rain a year
- Fermoy1,093 mm of rain a year
- Kinsale1,160 mm of rain a year
- Clonakilty1,366 mm of rain a year
- Macroom1,379 mm of rain a year
- Skibbereen1,403 mm of rain a year
- Passage West1,103 mm of rain a year
- Carrigtwohill1,112 mm of rain a year
- Blarney1,142 mm of rain a year
- Crosshaven1,101 mm of rain a year
- Bantry1,611 mm of rain a year
- Charleville996 mm of rain a year
- Mitchelstown1,145 mm of rain a year
- Kanturk1,148 mm of rain a year
- Dunmanway1,763 mm of rain a year
- Millstreet1,500 mm of rain a year
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