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Dear Bob

I just had new gutters and leaders installed on my house but during a hard rain I noticed that the water was running right over the gutters, especially on a couple of inside corners, HELP!

Dear OS

If you have a problem of water gushing down the valley and overflowing the gutter, you can try to install a baffle on the outside of the gutter in the corner, extending a foot or two on each side of the valley. This may help prevent any overflowing. Another trick is to install a series of 1-x-4s over the valley, angled on each side to slow down the flow.

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