Seamless guttering, gutter repair, gutter guards, gutter cleaning and everything you ever wanted to know about you homes rain water drainage system.
The whole purpose of seamless guttering is to drain water away from your homes foundation keeping the basement dry and slowing the settling of your house foundation.
Water coming into the basement in most cases will be cause by a faulty gutter system or low areas around your basement wall. To find and correct these problems: 1st walk around your house looking for lose gutters, low areas by basement wall where water can pool, Ruts or washed away soil lines in the ground below your gutters ( this tells you the gutters are over flowing and are in need of cleaning. )
To Correct These Water Drainage Problems
1. If guttering is found to be pulling forward this tells you the gutter is lose in that area and needs to be reattached.
2. If you find areas around your foundation this reveals that you will need fill with soil to raise the level of ground
draining water away from foundation.
3. If ruts washed away soil lines are found under your gutters this tells you your gutters are over flowing. Another and the best way to tell when gutters are in need of cleaning is to walk around the house while raining with an umbrella in hand.
