So which gutter installation is correct?

[fin]

never seen houses like that round my way. the guttering like that would drive me nuts. id put it like the left house asap

[martyn1967]

The 1 on the right may have been done correctly , but i think it looks ridick a d*ck a dickulous!
The left handside is far more correct in my book.

[terence7556]

i must have led a sheltered life as i cant recall seeing anything like that on my patch.it just goes to prove that whilst doing the job it was intended for, a piece of work should look right and that does,nt, end of

[southwood3]

The pic was taken in an upmarket area of Trowbridge. I think Inky Pete has the best explanation so far.

[Inky Pete]

So is there any form of guttering above the windows themselves in these situations?

Or does all the rain which runs down the roof above the windows just pour down the frames?

[thescruff]

The pic was taken in an upmarket area of Trowbridge. I think Inky Pete has the best explanation so far.

Upmarket and Trowbridge in the same sentence True there a few nice houses doted about.

I seem to recognise the property which is why I asked.

The left is original, if you look at the bit in the middle you can see where they cut the pipe to join the two sections.

[southwood3]

So is there any form of guttering above the windows themselves in these situations?

Or does all the rain which runs down the roof above the windows just pour down the frames?

Dunno. I got as close as I could and only had a camera phone. There looks to be some lead above the windows so maybe this directs the water around the frame and onto the tiles. Who knows.

The pic was taken in an upmarket area of Trowbridge. I think Inky Pete has the best explanation so far.

Upmarket and Trowbridge in the same sentence True there a few nice houses doted about.

I seem to recognise the property which is why I asked.

The left is original, if you look at the bit in the middle you can see where they cut the pipe to join the two sections.

Yes, not as classy as Bath! The name of the road escapes me but it is located off Hilperton Road in Trowbridge. So if the left is original why on earth did the owners of the righthand house get rid of it and erect the sh*te system?

[thescruff]

I know where it is. Our office was in the Hilperton road, on the right about 600yds past the fire station. Sarnia house, Mechanical services

Think it was called sarnia house.

[dextrous]

Bet the window cleaner loves the one on the right with a real passion. Where would you rest your ladder to get to the top lights?

[jay81]

I shall try and get some pictures later as i noticed last night the is a terrace of houses at the end of my road all of which have the strange gutter!

[Raf]

i think its a regional problem.

you wouldnt have got builder in the north doing daft things like that.

[jay81]

As promised!!
You could go to any part of the town and there will be houses the same

[the fly agaric]

the one on the right makes me smile everytime i look at it

[grey.squirrel]

I reckon they were both built as cheap as possible with white guttering like the right hand one, and the people who bought the left had it re-done because it looks crap.

Neither house looks old enough to have needed it renewing due to age or damage.

If the right hand house only has the one grid, then that's probably the original configuration and next door have had the extra two downspouts and drains added afterwards.

I reckon you're right about the white one being the original guttering but surely even the black one could be done with just one grid also, just have a long pipe (at an angle?) to direct them all to it. It's only the same amount of water that the white one has to deal with. Is this a case of lazy builders or lazy architects?

[big-all]

its because its white rather than black that makes it stand out and look horible