Gutters Splashing Onto Ground Against House

This limits the chance of water damage along your walls or in your basement.

Gutters splashing onto ground against house.

The slope helps rain splash away from your house. The gutters then direct the water to a downspout allowing the water to run down until it reaches the ground. The water travels to places where it shouldn t be going most probably between the gutter and the fascia all the way down to the side of the house or straight into the ground. These puddles get splashed with each new drip from the gutter.

Mud splattering may also occur on older homes where landscaping has degraded and bare soil is once again exposed. Shovel about 3 inches of dirt up against the foundation of your home. See the photo on the left. As water drains off the roof and hits the ground soil particles are splattered onto the house siding and lowest window panes.

Lay down a continuous row of shingles directly under the drip line of the roof a groove forms on the ground where the water runs off the roof. Newly constructed homes have this problem in particular as landscaping may not have yet been completed. Unlevel leaky or clogged gutters will splash water in large amounts onto one area of the ground causing puddles by the porch. But what happens when your roof s gutters become worn out or cracked or clogged.

The installation of louvres on the roof of your home will deflect water away from the walls of your house. Spread the dirt out about 18 inches away from your home decreasing the slope of the soil to about an inch high as you get farther away.