What is a drain? What's the difference between gutter and eaves gutter?

As we know, due to the housing needs of modern people, more residential areas are being built in many areas, including not only residential areas, but also villas. There is less rain in the north of China, more rain in the south, and more rain under the eaves, which is easy to corrode walls. Therefore, many villas and family buildings will adopt rainwater systems. What's the difference between gutter and eaves gutter?

What is a drain?

The gutter is a concave form with a certain width on one side, multiple layers or the whole periphery of the roof of a building, which slides the rainwater on the roof to the gutter along a certain slope and then is discharged by a drainage pipe. Roof drainage is divided into organized drainage and unorganized drainage (free drainage). Organized drainage generally collects rainwater into the gutter and then discharges it from the rainwater pipe. The gutter for collecting rainwater is called gutter, which is divided into inner gutter and outer gutter. Inner gutter refers to the gutter in the outer wall, which generally has a parapet; The outer gutter is the gutter that picks out the outer wall, and generally there is no parapet. The gutter is mostly made of iron sheet or asbestos cement. In the building, the quantity of the gutter is calculated by volume according to the design size, and the volume of steel bars and embedded iron pieces in the component is not deducted.

What is a drain?

The gutter is a horizontal trough-shaped drainage ditch under the eaves, which is used to receive the rainwater from the roof and then lead it to the ground through vertical pipes. Gutters are divided into outer gutters and inner gutters, so the construction area cannot be calculated generally. The size of the drainage ditch can be determined according to meteorological data, precipitation intensity and drainage speed. In modern times, drainage ditches are mostly built with building materials such as cement boards. In order to make the rainwater flow to the ground quickly and smoothly, the drainage form of high in the middle and low on both sides is generally adopted, and at the same time, drainage holes are left on both sides of the house, which can be directly connected through pipes and discharged to the ground.

Classification of drainage ditch

1, h-type gutter

H-shaped gutter, also known as U-shaped gutter, mainly lies in the difference in appearance. As the name implies, the H-shaped gutter is semicircular, which is mainly distributed in the architectural styles of European countries and regions.

2.k-shaped gutter

K-shaped gutter, mainly distributed in North America, is a popular gutter style in North American countries and regions.

What's the difference between gutter and eaves gutter?

First, the organized drainage above the cornice of a single-span building is a gutter, and the edge of the cornice of a multi-span building is called a gutter. Roof gutter refers to an organized drainage device installed separately for the eaves and horizontal gutter under the eaves of old buildings, which is used to receive rainwater from the roof and then lead it to the ground through vertical pipes. Optional materials: bamboo, iron sheet, linoleum, precast concrete trough plate, aluminum plate, etc.

Second, the middle span used for drainage is called gutter, which refers to the roof of modern buildings. Cast-in-place reinforced concrete is generally poured with the roof as a whole, set along the external wall of the building, with a slope lower than that of the roof, exposing exposed grooves, collecting rainwater in an organized way and leading it to the ground through risers. The gutter is divided into inner gutter and outer gutter, which is mainly bounded by the outer wall.