Rain gutters - necessary?

[EightFingers]

I'd at least put them on sides with entrances.

[Carey]

3 main (non catchment) reasons to have gutters:

1. Divert water away from the house foundation (this may become more apparent when we have inch an hour rains for many hours)

2. Protect siding & house structure from water damage due to water splashing as it hits ground

3. Keep water from pouring down at egress points. ETA: & huge icicle formation in colder areas (have I been here too long that I forgot this???)

Wether you need them is really your call, and are based on your house & lot design. These are the reasons to have them.

[robguz]

With the way your roof is, a significant slope to the back of the house which is the direction the vast majority of the rain will come from, I'd say it's a waste of money. Wait for a heavy rain and see what happens in the front of your house, but the roof is so small there I wouldn't think you'd have ton of water coming off it. As for the ground aroun your house, like with mine you couldn't flood it if you tried.

[StillHope]

Thank you,everyone.

I thought it's a standard thing on a house.

It was on the plan .But since I switched to the well the builder decided not to do it,I guess.
During the recent very heavy rains I had water pouring downstairs,but since the house is on the slope the water didn't stay.

[robguz]

Ah, well if you paid for it, that's another story! I guess it depends on your contract.

[wyatt]

Stillhope first off it was nice to meeet you at the mail boxes. I'm with Rob on this. Your house is elevated so that water is no much of an issue and like Rob points out the pitch of your roof launches the water away from you home. If your paid for gutter I would have them installed. Your well uses electricity a storage tank does not. We gravity feed hoses from our catchment to water our garden. This is easy and no electricity. The more you plant the more this will make sense.

Wyatt


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[Kapohocat]

Does your well have an infiltration of salt into it?

If so I would divert a little rain water at least for plants, etc. We do have droughts when you might need to water and they dont like salt water a whole lot.

[Kelena]

Hey, did you pay that guy to put in gutters and he didn't? I'm kinda thinkin' that the question is NOT whether gutters are advisable but instead is whether you had an agreement with a contractor to install gutters. If so, he should have installed gutters.

As an aside, I love the sound of rain in the downspouts of gutters. So tropical!

[StillHope]

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Originally posted by Kapohocat

Does your well have an infiltration of salt into it?

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The water is brackish,but just a little bit.
I am drinking it - no big deal.Cherry weed tomatoes don't mind it either.
But rain water is definitely the best.

[StillHope]

Glen,the catchment was on the plan submitted.The well came later ( bank didn't want to finance it).Daniel,the well guy,said it's OK to present water well permit at the time of inspection So the gutters should be on the plan as a part of a catchment system.