I had a realtor make comments about the Philidelphia Gutters that were on a house I was inspecting on Friday. I am not sure what they are. I thought Philadelphia gutters were built in gutters in the eaves made out of wood. Can someone help me and explain what Philidelphia gutters are??
I somewhat agree with your understanding of the term, the point is that they are realy a part of the roof rather than a plant-on to the fascia, usually they are a gully in the roof deck feeding water to down-spouts hidden in columns or some other vertical detail.
Yea, I will post a picture as soon as I can figure out how to do it, but it is a slate roof, with Vinyl siding and aluminum soffet and fascia, if it wasnt for my realtor (who lives in same style house 3 doors down) I wouldnt have given philidelphia gutters a second thought. I just figured they were under the aluminum soffet and fascia. Now Im not so sure…
Nice home Dan, I miss doing the old stuff, the downspouts at the front (off the shed porch roof) look to be internal within the Deck supports, I’d love to see some roof shots of the Gable edges to figure out what they did there.
BTW here’s a quick CAD of the typical Philly set up
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