Before installing gutters rainwater from the roof fell to the ground and didn t flow anywhere before soaking in to the soil hence large spring rains lead to water in the basement.
Gutters into the ground.
Additionally water hitting the ground from these gutters can damage your walls as they splash or find their way into your crawl spaces and basements.
For example homes have rain gutter systems to collect and channel rain water off the roof into a downspout instead of simply allowing it to pour over the edge where it will saturate the soil in the 10 foot zone around the home and ultimately end up in the basement.
The downspout is the piece that is attached to the side of the home and channels runoff to the ground away from your home.
A rain gutter drain pipe is usually installed to carry water away from your house.
Most homeowners get this and keep their gutters clean and flowing.
Occasionally downspouts are fitted in such a way that lets the water come out of the downspout to spread into the garden with the use of an extender.
Blockages in the under floor drain combined with high volumes of roof runoff water entering the system send the entire roof runoff into the building basement or crawl space.
However there are many good reasons why people might bury a downspout.
Gutter connectors join gutter sections together like gutter to corner with options that fit traditional and contemporary style gutters.
When looking at a house you ll see that the downspout running down from the gutters is buried in the ground.
An underground drain pipe can become clogged in a variety of ways including leaf buildup or damage to the pipe itself.
Debris flowing down the downspout drain leaves from gutters can block floor drains or even the main building sewer line leading to sewage backups into the structure.
I wanted a good way to get rainwater from the roof as far away from the house as possible.