Gutters - needed or not? Stipes?
 

Thinking about adding gutters all around or at least by the garage doors and
Lanai. New to the area - so what do you think? Has anyone used Stipes?

Oh, you will need gutters for sure. IF you haven't been here when we get a good gully-washer rain shower you'll know why! Not sure what Snipes is though. Is that a vendor??

Wait till we start with the downpours and you will immediately know where you need gutters. Probably don't need to do the whole house - don't know what Snipes is either.

Not sure who Snopes is. Just kidding ... Stipes. We used Hill's and they did a fine job. The # for Hill's Seamless Gutters is (352) 245-7462.

We used Hill's. Put them all around our house (an Ivy). Cost $700. Just had them done middle of January. They also installed our attic stairs (not included in $700). Very nice guy.

We used Hills too. Great job, fast, nice guy.

Gutters are definitely needed.
 

We have an Iris and you cannot get out of lanai due to the rain gushing off the roof onto the cement pad. We put them across the back and over the lanai on the sides. We used Hill also.

Several guys put then in for about a $1 a foot, so it's pays to shop it.

Ditto with our Begonia. Then we noticed a stain line across the driveway when we returned after the summer, so we did the front and across the porch too. We didn't do across the den window as wanted the water to reach the landscaping.

Gutters
 

Hill's did ours very nice job,excellent people.:)

M and m services did our gutters on two of our houses.can't say enough about what a fine e company to work with.price and quality at its best.here's there number 352 307 5972 mike is the owners name.

I questioned the need for gutters also. Ask some of the people that have lived in the area (not TV) for years and see what they say about gutters. The people that I talked to said they weren't necessary.

I personally think it's better to have the water spread out all around the house instead of gushing down into a few spots. I do think a gutter over the lanai door would be beneficial though. Another thing to consider is whether you have hip roof or gable roof. The gable roof will throw the water to the sides, whereas the hip roof will dump water all around. That might require gutters over the garage area.,

Also consider using rain barrels on the down spouts, they will fill up then slowly drip the water water out mitigating flooding or heavy wet areas


like these

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I like having the gutters all around. It keeps the water from digging a moat around your house.:icon_wink: We used Hills also, and they installed them for me even when I wasn't there and did a wonderful job.

I believe you should carefully control the amount of water dumped adjacent to your slab. Water affects the weight bearing capacity of the soil, and too much could cause settling. Also, damp soil is very attractive to a wide variety of insects, including termites. Move the water away from the house.

Good point

Has anyone connected the gutter down spouts to under ground PVC pipes to disperse the water away from the house foundation? I did that in our current home and it works good here.

I think you can use 4" slotted drain hose backfilled with rock, but not pvc here.

It is called a french drain

The guy would just did our landscaping (Jamie's Landscaping) did that for us! Wise idea!

Thanks to all for your help--- am going to try Stipes - will see how they do!

Let us know the results of their work!

Good Move!
 

Four of us in our Sanibel neighborhoord used Stipes last October. No complaints. Did and excellent job for us putting in 3 underground drains too. It cost us a little more since they had to dig under our rock and curbing landscape. Now we don't have a moat around our house when it rains!

Stipes
 

I liked Stipes! Young man, great work ethic and attention to detail.

Used them! Good Job. Good value!

Stipes did a great job for us at a $1.00 a foot. well done, neat and fast.

I used Stipes on my house and two of my Villa's very happy with his work. Good price.