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Originally Posted by TMHwestford
I think the developer designed the drain in back yard of a CYV to handle the run off from the roof but I don't necessarily agree it's the best solution for this water. The developer doesn't usually put gutters anywhere but over the entry and the garage door if the roofs slope that way, gutters on the rest of the house are after market or at least this is the case in our neighborhood. Maybe if the developer put gutters around the entire roof line they would have chosen to get some of this water to the street drains. In my opinion all the roof run off just puts too much water in the back yard and leaves many areas soggy and wet for long periods and I'd guess this is what the OP is trying to fix.
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The builder has installed gutters around the entire house on hundreds (or thousands) of courtyard villas, but I don't know how they build them now. In most of these courtyard villas, they install an area drain in the backyard with an underground pipe to carry the water to the street. This seems to work well with most of these houses. The builder never deliberately terminates downspouts near the front porch or where the water will run across the driveway in front of the garage doors. That is why they sometimes install gutters above the front porch and garage, even if they don't install gutters around the entire house.