[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by Bonanza

Very true. I can't imagine living without gutters,
unless I lived in the desert.

Unfortunately, even with gutters,
most of the rain water doesn't travel to the so-called
swails between the houses.

Our properties were never prepared with enough fill
to create proper drainage to the swails.
That's why so many homes have drainage problems.

Are French Drains popular in Florida? The Villages?

Or, are they basically a northern fix which has become extremely popular up here, especially with climate change. They really are excellent to divert heavy rains on top of thawing snow, etc. given the hilly terrain.

So glad we had them installed several summers ago. New construction homes are automatically installing them as well.