Roof Area Per Downspout

Smacna s new downspout and gutter sizing calculator enables the user to manually enter the design area of the roof or use the design area wizard for the calculation.

Roof area per downspout.

The roof plan area that is drained by each downspout is plan area 40 x 40 1600 sf given the area factor b in table 10c the design area is design area plan area x b 1600 x 1 05 1680 sf from table 10a column b2 the area drained per square inch of downspout is 130 sf. Roof area square feet per linear ft of gutter underneath. The table is based on rainfall intensity 100 mm per hour 4 inches per hour. Roof area the locale s rainfall intensity and gutter capacity determine how many square inches of downspout are needed.

Gutters come in many sizes. Up to 6 12 7 12 8 12. Max area of roof draining to one down. Doubling the number of downspouts halves the required capacity for each.

Gutters and downspouts are vulnerable for obstructions caused branches and leafs from surrounding trees and similar. Large gutters can hold more water. This wizard makes it easy to calculate the roof design area by providing various shape calculations and the calculation for vertical walls area per international plumbing code ipc. Secondary cause of gutters not working properly is improperly maintained or failing.

A square inch of downspout can drain 1 200 square feet of roof during a rain with an intensity of one inch per hour. The more roof surface above the gutters the more rainwater will be caught and funneled down into those gutters.