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The modern replacement for old-fashioned gutter
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Better Than Gutters! Better Than No
Gutters!
Rainhandler replaces conventional gutters to protect
your home from the harmful effects of rain and snow. It consists of
3/4" wide aluminum
louvers that have been compared to an open Venetian blind.
| How Does Rainhandler Work? |
As the rain comes off your roof, Rainhandler's seven angled
louvers break up the heavy sheet of water into small drops. These drops are deflected away from your
home where they fall harmlessly to the ground in a 2 to
3 foot band.
To understand the benefit, picture the solid sheet of water that
would pour down around your home from a clogged gutter. Its force would dig a trench at
best and destroy gardens and back water up against your home's foundation at worst.
Even unclogged gutters funnel water into a downspout that dumps the water into a small
area that quickly becomes saturated.
Compare this picture to the scientific dispersal of water in
small, harmless drops evenly around your home and you'll understand the advantage of
Rainhandler.
| Is It True Rainhandler Will Never Give Me The
Clogging Or Cleaning Problems Associated With Gutters? |
Rainhandler's open aluminum louvers allow leaves and
debris to either blow away or fall through. Snow and ice have no place to
build up. Rainhandler is self-cleaning.
| What Happens If Something Does Get Caught In
The Louvers? |
In the rare event this does happen, it won't materially affect the Rainhandler's
performance because unlike a gutter, it won't affect the entire system. You
merely wash it off from ground level. A two dollar high pressure nozzle
will reach 2 stories or more.
| How Does Rainhandler Improve The Appearance
Of My Home Compared To A Conventional Gutter System? |
Rainhandler is nearly invisible when it's installed, so the natural lines of your
home aren't broken up by pipes and downspouts. Rainhandler comes in white or brown baked
on enamel, and natural aluminum. Because they are so invisible few people
paint them to exactly match their fascia, but they are easily spray
painted.
| How Do I Know How Many Rainhandler Sections I
Will Need? |
You
measure the linear footage of the fascia board runs around your home and
divide by 5', the length of each Rainhandler section. If you end up with a fraction, round
off to the next 5' increment.
| Can the Rainhandler be cut? |
Yes, it can be cut.
| What About Doorways and Roof Valleys? |
For unprotected doorways, the Rainhandler Doorbrella accessory ensures that
water is directed to the Rainhandler sections on either side. The Roof
Valley Rain Diverter may be needed at the bottom of long valleys with exposed metal
flashing.
| Will The Rainhandler Work On Metal
and Barrel Tile Roofs? |
Some metal and barrel tile roofs tend to
shoot water further out the harder it
rains. However, Rainhandlers have been successfully installed on hundreds of
homes with metal roofs. The simplest
thing is to try one or two sections.
If there problems we can give
you advice on the accessories needed to correct
them. Then you
can proceed with the full installation.
| How Does Rainhandler
Quality Compare to Conventional Gutter System? |
Rainhandler's rugged aluminum louvers will not
rust or rot. Tests by an independent agency confirm that one 5' Rainhandler section will
hold a 95 lb. load. In addition, Rainhandler has been granted U.S. patents for
its design. The patents were granted because the Rainhandler is considered
superior to the prior art, gutters. Favorable reviews in respected national consumer and home
repair publications have been responsible for Rainhandler's installation on thousands of
homes.
| How Does Rainhandler
Perform in Winter? |
The Rainhandler system does much better in winter than conventional
gutters. You may get some icicles hanging down from the Rainhandlers
during freezing. Snow and ice cannot build up because of the open louver
design. Gutters are one of the two main causes for ice dams. The
other cause is lack of insulation and/or ventilation in the attic. If this
condition exists, it must be taken care of as well. Each 5 foot section can
hold up to 95 pounds of static load, and if you put 5 brackets on each
Rainhandler the static load will increase to 150 pounds or more. Winter
damage is so rare that we will replace any free of charge.
| Does Rainhandler Come With A Warranty? |
Yes. Rainhandler's Limited Warranty follows:
For a period of 25 years from the date of purchase, Rainhandler units
are guaranteed as to workmanship and against original defect in manufacture. Should a
Rainhandler unit fail at any time during this guarantee period due to these causes, it
will, at the manufacturer's option, be replaced with an equivalent unit of current
manufacture or your original purchase price will be refunded. Excluded are transportation
costs, taxes, intentional damage, or damage resulting from improper installation or use,
or damage as a result of the forces of nature. However, in the rare event of
winter damage, sections which, in the sole judgment of the manufacturer, have
been damaged by ice or snow will be replaced free of charge.
| Is Rainhandler Easy To Install? |
The illustration of the parts you need to install a conventional gutter system as
opposed to the parts you'll need to install Rainhandler gives you the answer: Rainhandler
is a snap to install.
And in more ways than one, because after you've
used a screwdriver to attach the three brackets (which come with each 5' long section of Rainhandler) to the fascia board of your
home, you merely snap the Rainhandler
section into place. It couldn't be more simple. And because each Rainhandler disperser
section weighs about one pound, even a child could carry it.
| Suppose The Edge Of My Roof Doesn't Extend
Far Enough Or Extends Too Far From The Fascia Board For The Rainhandler Brackets To
Position The Disperser Sections So they Work? |
Rainhandler can provide drip edge extenders to solve the first
problem, and adapters to solve the second.
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