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Originally Posted by villagetinker
Please wait a while before getting gutters, in many cases these are not necessary, and can in some cases cause more problems than they "solve". The houses are built and the landscaping designed so gutters are not required. We added these to the front of the house only because we were getting stains on the driveway, years later we had problems with the front lawn, DUE TO THE INSTALLATION OF THE GUTTERS. If you still decide to get gutters, make sure that the downspouts are located to properly drain away from the house and to the landscaped drainage area.
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Don't rush into it. I have gutters and Hills installed them. If you truely need them I'd recommend Hills. However, I did rush into it because I thought it was the right thing to do. Now all of the water that comes off the long runs on the sides of my home is focused into two downspouts at each corner (4 total). Since the homes are close together and my neighbors have also installed gutters all the water from both their roofs and mine empty into small areas creating very wet spots in the lawn. I believe it would be better if there weren't gutters and the water was distributed along the whole length of the roof and not focussed into the four corner downspouts. That's just my opinion.