0 a channel for carrying away water, especially at the edge of a road or roof -- rãnh nước
The gutters are flooded with water.
Examples such as leaking roofs and defective gutters spring to mind as typical of what was intended.
No assessment has been made specifically of the use of asbestos in gutters.
As well as routine maintenance we are planning further installation of gutters beneath deck joints on the carriageways and some work to the joints themselves.
There are houses that need painting, roofs that need repairing and guttering that needs fixing.
I doubt whether asbestos cement can stand up to the low maintenance costs of cast iron when used for gutters.
The most he has to do is probably to fix the gutters, but usually the carpenter does that.
He or she may be in a block of 30 flats, with no right to inspect the roofs, gutters or whatever it may be.
Many people have had to repair gutters, roofs and parts of the structures of buildings.