This spring, get your head into the gutter and think about your home’s drainage system. Rain can bring foundation problems if your home’s gutters and downspouts aren’t working properly to redirect ...
Q: Every time it rains, I see a beautiful cascading waterfall. Unfortunately, the waterfall is right above my front door. Help me keep the rain off my head and explain how to install rain gutters. A: ...
One of the options that may be discussed by you and your builder is gutter guards. These devices fit on top of roof gutters and attempt to stop debris from getting into your gutters and downspout ...
Do those plastic downspout splashblocks tend to wander away from the foundation of your house, allowing water to seep into the basement? To prevent this, drill two holes through the hefty corners of ...
Question: I'm going to add aluminum gutters to my home. Without them, cascading rainwater has damaged the lower portions of my exterior walls. A drip flashing goes under the roofing shingles and ...
Ever imagined a roof without gutters? You probably haven't, and honestly, you really shouldn't. Without gutters, your house's foundations and the surrounding area are at a massive risk of erosion and ...
Not all guards are created equal — some can even make clogs worse if poorly installed or cheaply made — so it's important to ...
It has been a wet year, with rainfall in Central Florida about 5 inches above normal so far. You may have noticed water puddling in areas of your lawn where it didn’t before or even entering doorways ...
Last night, I noticed that there was ice forming on the side of my house. Further investigation revealed that one of the main downspouts was frozen, which I'm guessing caused a nice chain reaction and ...
Gutters basically fall into two categories: built-in and attached, with subcategories for each. For this article we will be focusing on Built-In Gutters more commonly known as Yankee Gutters or Pool ...