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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
The reason gutters are not as important in the South is that most houses are built with a few feet of roof overhang at the exterior walls. But, in the North, most houses have little or no overhang where the roof connects to the exterior wall. Also, there are more 2 or 3 story houses in the North, which makes gutters a necessary feature.
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Your comment made me go outside and look at our current home, then dig out pics of our old home. I don’t see any difference, but maybe other homes were like that?