Gutters: Why Add Them To Your Home?
Not all homes have gutters installed on them. Lots of older homes were designed without the addition of gutters, and it might not even be something you've dealt with before until you bought a house that came without gutters at all.
If your home doesn't have gutters and it doesn't seem to be a problem, you may think you don't need this home addition. However, there are many benefits to doing a gutter installation, even if your home doesn't currently have any. Here are just a few of the more pressing reasons why you should add gutters to your home, especially if you currently have some water concerns.
Gutter installation protects the outside of your home
The purpose of a gutter installation is to give the water that runs off your home's roof somewhere to go. Without gutters, rain and snow just dump off your roof and immediately onto the ground, covering your porch and siding with moisture. The water gathered around your home will create large puddles directly in front of your property, creating a muddy mess and exposing your siding to unnecessary water damage.
Gutter installation protects your lawn
If you want to have a flower or other type of garden within a few feet of your home, you need to have a gutter install done. Why? Because without proper gutters, any moisture that touches the few feet in front of your house will seep into your home's foundation, potentially destroying the grass and any landscaping around this area. Water that doesn't immediately drain will pool in the same spot, becoming a quick attractant for wasps, mosquitoes, and other pests. The only real solution without a gutter installation for this problem is to lay rock in the area, but this only diverts the water a little bit and causes it to go underground, right by your foundation. A gutter install will quickly alleviate your water pooling problem.
Gutter installation protects your foundation
When you have a gutter system in place at your home, even if the water is only diverted a few inches further away from your home, you're allowing moisture to be kept away from your home's main foundation. If you want further home protection against water damage, then speak to your gutter installation specialist about doing a gutter installation with a French drain. A French drain is attached to the end of a gutter and is buried deep underground, allowing water to be taken from the home discreetly underground, several feet away from the home's foundation.
