When choosing your rainwater solutions, bear in mind the following factors:

• The correct spouting profile size and capacity as well as downpipe diameter choices are vital if overflows are to be eliminated.  Capacity calculations and a technical glance chart on the Continuous website will assist you with these choices.

• Continuous Spouting bracketing holds the back of the gutter off the fascia by 5mm, which means that in the extreme event of an overflow, water is kept away from the building exterior and able to run off the fascia.

• A shift away from concealed fascia and gutter systems to external fixed gutter systems has resulted in the prevention of moisture ingress into the building envelope.

• Changes have recently been made to the building code to stop open-end discharges onto upper level roofs.  A stop end or downpipe with spreader is now required at every point to spread the water across the roof.

Many factors influence the absolute watertightness of buildings, but probably none more so than your choice of rainwater products.