BUILDING HAIL/LEAVES PROBLEM

• WRITTEN BY: JASONPRESENTED BY: JASON, KEVIN AND NESTOR

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BUILDING HAIL/LEAVESTHE BUILDING HAIL HAPPENED AT THE END OF LAST YEAR 2015. LEAVES AND BRANCHES FELL DOWN. THE HAIL’S WATER LEAKED THROUGH THE BUILDING AND INTO THE CLASSROOM. THE ROOF HAS NOW BEEN FIXED SO THAT NO WATER CAN GO THROUGH. EVERYDAY MANY LEAVES FROM THE EUCALYPTUS TREE FALLS AND LANDS ON THE BUILDINGS. OUR GROUP WERE THINKING OF BUYING A GUTTER FILTER THAT SUCKS THE LEAF AND SHOOT IT UNDER THE EUCALYPTUS TREE. HERE IS A DIAGRAM OF THE BUILDING HAIL’S PROBLEM

WHAT SHOULD WE USE?

• WE SHOULD USE A FILTER (NOT A GUTTER CLEANER) THAT SUCKS THE LEAVES OUT UNDER THE EUCALYPTUS TREE. WE WERE GOING TO DECIDE ON ADDING A PIPE TO THE FILTER AND POINT IT AT THE EUCALYPTUS TREE INSTEAD BECAUSE IF IT JUST SHOOTS OUT, IT WILL GO EVERYWHERE.

• HERE IS A ANOTHER DIAGRAM OF HOW THE FILTER WORKS.

WITHOUT PIPE

WITH PIPE

PROBLEM

• AS YOU CAN SEE THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE LEAVES ARE JAMMING THE GUTTER AND THE HAIL CRACKS THE ROOF. THE ROOF HAD TO BE FIXED AND THERE WAS STILL ONE MORE PROBLEM WHICH WAS THE GUTTER. THE GUTTER NEEDED FIXING BECAUSE YOU DON’T WANT A ROOF JAMMED WITH LEAVES.

WHAT WILL IT LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE?

• IN THE FUTURE IT WILL LOOK LIKE A CLEAN BUILDING THAT HAS A FEW LEAVES IN THE GUTTER. THE GUTTER MIGHT BE LEFT WITH A FEW LEAVES BUT IT’S BETTER THAN HAVING HUNDREDS OF LEAVES JAMMED IN THE GUTTER. IF IT HAILS OR THE RAIN FALLS HARD, THE ROOF WON’T CRACK AND THE GUTTER WILL BE CLEAN FROM THE FILTER.

WHAT DOES THE FILTER LOOK LIKE?

Sucks in

Shoots out

How hails form

Freezing point

Pros Cons• Make gutters more

safe• Make gutters more

clean.• Solved the dirty

problem.• Helps the eucalyptus

tree grow.

• Doesn’t visually look good.

• Too expensive.• Don’t know how long it

will take to install.• A lot of wires.

SOLUTION

• THE GUTTER GUARD STOPS THE LEAVES AND THE WATER DROPS THROUGH THE LEAVES. THE WATER CAN BE USED FOR THE EUCALYPTUS TREE BY CONNECTING A PIPE TO THE GUTTER SO THAT THE EUCALYPTUS TREE DOESN’T ABSORB THE GRASS’ WATER. THE LEAF FILTER WILL SUCK THE LEAVES AND SHOOT IT UNDER THE EUCALYPTUS TREE.

• HERE IS A DIAGRAM OF THE SOLUTION.

As you can see the Eucalyptus tree is also absorbing a lot of water. We can use the water from the gutter and point it at the tree so that the grass area can grow and turn more green.

ELECTRICITY • IF YOU’RE THINKING THAT THE FILTER WILL WASTE

MONEY, THINK AGAIN. YOU CAN SWITCH IT ON OR OFF. WHY WOULD LEAVE THE FILTER 24/7? THIS WILL SAVE THE SCHOOL THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

IF YOU’RE THINKING THAT USING THE GUTTER CLEANER WILL BE BETTER BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT WASTING ANY MONEY, THINK AGAIN. FIRSTLY YOU’RE WASTING YOUR TIME, YOU’RE WASTING YOUR ENERGY AND IT TAKES TIME. THE FILTER WILL HAVE A STRONG SUCTION POWER THAT SUCK THE LEAF AND SHOOT IT OUT. This could be

yours