Rain gutters not a requirement in San Diego??

[carli]

When we had our house totally remodeled and added on to a few years ago, we were surprised to find that our builder hadn’t factored in the cost of gutters. He said they were optional. We went back to the architect’s plans, and found they weren’t spec’d, but when we discussed it w/the architect he said he expected we’d put them on. For a little while, we thought we might skip them because we were afraid they might look ugly (our roofline has a lot of angles), but decided we didn’t want to deal with the water issues. We’re glad we put them on…can’t even imagine not having them with all the storms we’ve had, and visually, we don’t even notice them.

[LAAFTERHOURS]

Most houses around me do not have them around the entire house. My home only features them on the front facing walls and garages. It drives me crazy whevever it rains. If I had access to two massive ladders I would put them up myself.

[LAAFTERHOURS]

Most houses around me do not have them around the entire house. My home only features them on the front facing walls and garages. It drives me crazy whevever it rains. If I had access to two massive ladders I would put them up myself.

[LAAFTERHOURS]

Most houses around me do not have them around the entire house. My home only features them on the front facing walls and garages. It drives me crazy whevever it rains. If I had access to two massive ladders I would put them up myself.

[LAAFTERHOURS]

Most houses around me do not have them around the entire house. My home only features them on the front facing walls and garages. It drives me crazy whevever it rains. If I had access to two massive ladders I would put them up myself.

[LAAFTERHOURS]

Most houses around me do not have them around the entire house. My home only features them on the front facing walls and garages. It drives me crazy whevever it rains. If I had access to two massive ladders I would put them up myself.

[pencilneck]

Having never lived in an area with significant water-from-the-sky challenges I had never really thought about rain gutters. I thought I knew what they were for: To keep the rain off of your head while you are entering or exiting the house. And, yes, they help with that.

I happened to look at a book on houses and water management recently. It turns out that rain gutters also serve a more important role.

In areas that have heavy rains the gutters are necessary both to protect your basement from flooding and to direct water away from your foundation. These rain gutters should direct water well away from the house.

In comparison, our rain gutters are much more optional. As far as our foundations are concerned, concentrating water into one spot and letting it drain directly next to the house, as many of ours do, is potentially worse than not having rain gutters at all.

[pencilneck]

Having never lived in an area with significant water-from-the-sky challenges I had never really thought about rain gutters. I thought I knew what they were for: To keep the rain off of your head while you are entering or exiting the house. And, yes, they help with that.

I happened to look at a book on houses and water management recently. It turns out that rain gutters also serve a more important role.

In areas that have heavy rains the gutters are necessary both to protect your basement from flooding and to direct water away from your foundation. These rain gutters should direct water well away from the house.

In comparison, our rain gutters are much more optional. As far as our foundations are concerned, concentrating water into one spot and letting it drain directly next to the house, as many of ours do, is potentially worse than not having rain gutters at all.

[pencilneck]

Having never lived in an area with significant water-from-the-sky challenges I had never really thought about rain gutters. I thought I knew what they were for: To keep the rain off of your head while you are entering or exiting the house. And, yes, they help with that.

I happened to look at a book on houses and water management recently. It turns out that rain gutters also serve a more important role.

In areas that have heavy rains the gutters are necessary both to protect your basement from flooding and to direct water away from your foundation. These rain gutters should direct water well away from the house.

In comparison, our rain gutters are much more optional. As far as our foundations are concerned, concentrating water into one spot and letting it drain directly next to the house, as many of ours do, is potentially worse than not having rain gutters at all.

[pencilneck]

Having never lived in an area with significant water-from-the-sky challenges I had never really thought about rain gutters. I thought I knew what they were for: To keep the rain off of your head while you are entering or exiting the house. And, yes, they help with that.

I happened to look at a book on houses and water management recently. It turns out that rain gutters also serve a more important role.

In areas that have heavy rains the gutters are necessary both to protect your basement from flooding and to direct water away from your foundation. These rain gutters should direct water well away from the house.

In comparison, our rain gutters are much more optional. As far as our foundations are concerned, concentrating water into one spot and letting it drain directly next to the house, as many of ours do, is potentially worse than not having rain gutters at all.

[pencilneck]

Having never lived in an area with significant water-from-the-sky challenges I had never really thought about rain gutters. I thought I knew what they were for: To keep the rain off of your head while you are entering or exiting the house. And, yes, they help with that.

I happened to look at a book on houses and water management recently. It turns out that rain gutters also serve a more important role.

In areas that have heavy rains the gutters are necessary both to protect your basement from flooding and to direct water away from your foundation. These rain gutters should direct water well away from the house.

In comparison, our rain gutters are much more optional. As far as our foundations are concerned, concentrating water into one spot and letting it drain directly next to the house, as many of ours do, is potentially worse than not having rain gutters at all.

[UCGal]

Most of the houses in my hood do not have gutters. (Homes built in the 60’s and 70’s)

Our house has a diverter thing on the porch roof in front of the front door… It’s just a metal plate that’s at a right angle to the roof – and diverts the water to either side.

We have hedges below the porch roof line to get the water.

In Pennsylvania – my house had gutters – and it helped prevent basement flooding. But it was not unusual to get thunderstorms in the summer that dumped 2-3 inches in 3 hours… Gutters need to be maintained – kept free of leaves, etc. I like living with less rain, and no gutters.

[UCGal]

Most of the houses in my hood do not have gutters. (Homes built in the 60’s and 70’s)

Our house has a diverter thing on the porch roof in front of the front door… It’s just a metal plate that’s at a right angle to the roof – and diverts the water to either side.

We have hedges below the porch roof line to get the water.

In Pennsylvania – my house had gutters – and it helped prevent basement flooding. But it was not unusual to get thunderstorms in the summer that dumped 2-3 inches in 3 hours… Gutters need to be maintained – kept free of leaves, etc. I like living with less rain, and no gutters.

[UCGal]

Most of the houses in my hood do not have gutters. (Homes built in the 60’s and 70’s)

Our house has a diverter thing on the porch roof in front of the front door… It’s just a metal plate that’s at a right angle to the roof – and diverts the water to either side.

We have hedges below the porch roof line to get the water.

In Pennsylvania – my house had gutters – and it helped prevent basement flooding. But it was not unusual to get thunderstorms in the summer that dumped 2-3 inches in 3 hours… Gutters need to be maintained – kept free of leaves, etc. I like living with less rain, and no gutters.

[UCGal]

Most of the houses in my hood do not have gutters. (Homes built in the 60’s and 70’s)

Our house has a diverter thing on the porch roof in front of the front door… It’s just a metal plate that’s at a right angle to the roof – and diverts the water to either side.

We have hedges below the porch roof line to get the water.

In Pennsylvania – my house had gutters – and it helped prevent basement flooding. But it was not unusual to get thunderstorms in the summer that dumped 2-3 inches in 3 hours… Gutters need to be maintained – kept free of leaves, etc. I like living with less rain, and no gutters.

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