As the gutter experts most homeowners are shocked when we tell them every home doesn t necessarily need gutters.
I have no gutters on my house.
Drainage systems work best when they have no water to remove.
You ve already installed an effective rain diverter.
Excess rainwater can wreck your house in such ways that having rain gutters is absolutely worth it.
There is simply not enough rainfall for people to worry about moisture damage.
If you have no gutters and you dump your roof water into the ground around your foundation you may overwhelm your drainage system and then it will no longer be effective.
Instead it s rolling down your roof and onto the sides of your home.
If you notice that you don t have rain gutters and you haven t notice any water problems in your home you may be wondering if you really need rain gutters.
Imagine having shelled out around 300k buying your dream home in south florida and after a few months rain season hits.
If your roof doesn t have much of an overhang and no gutters moldy or rotting siding is a key sign that water isn t getting far enough away from your house.
Here is what you need to know.
If you go to arizona or new mexico you may see some flat roofs with no gutters.
Water starts pooling around your home until one day you find your basement flooded.
The right side when it rains always beats down in my flower bed.
The truth is your home may not need rain gutters if.
The landscaping around your home slopes downwards especially when other factors are present.
You live in an area that doesn t get much rain.
In this case the concrete already provides your foundation with a protective barrier from water.
First of all not all homes need a gutter system.
In this case it is perfectly acceptable and safe to let your fears go about having no gutters on your home.
Any amount of water greater than zero starts to put the system at risk.
4 plastic gutter filled with rocks 1 unused plastic pot to catch water where the two roof angles meet.
I have no gutters on my house.
How much risk are you willing to live with.
These areas are notoriously dry and don t necessarily even need to have them.
If you live in an arid climate and don t experience periods of heavy rain then it might not be necessary.
Your home has a very shallow roof.