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Originally Posted by Accidental1
We bought Jan 2021 and moved full time in Oct 2021. We had Hill's Seamless
Gutters install 6" gutters around our Iris model because it seemed like the
right thing to do. By the way, I'd recommend Hill's if you choose to go
ahead. However, I currently have some regrets. The houses in my
neighborhood are pretty close together and both our neighbors (left and
right) have downspouts that drain in the same general area as mine. During
heavy rain, we get a lot of water accumulating in those areas and I'm not
sure it's a good thing. I'm tempted to remove the long runs of gutters on
the sides of the house so that the water distributes more evenly over the
length of the roof instead of being focused into two downspouts. If I were
you, I wouldn’t rush into anything. Watch what happens on your lot when you get heavy rains and see if there is enough pitch in your lot to make water quickly drain away from where your downspouts would be.
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Gutters or not water between houses is a common thing. Not enough pitch from front to back of lots to take the water to the street. A French drain would solve the problem but most houses have utilities on property lines between houses. If you look at the new construction areas along Marsh Bend headed south you will see that what was once pasture and wetlands are being raised 4 to 5 feet to get above water line then houses will be built. Dig down a foot in the summer to plant a bush and you will hit water. That's just the way it is.