What will happen if my house doesn't have gutters?

Answer 1

When it rains the water will fall directly off of the roof and seep into your basement. Gutters collect the rain water and move it away from the house.

Answer 2

It depends on what's next to your house, where the water drips off of your roof. If you have a window well, it could fill up with water, flooding your basement. It could wash away the dirt close to the foundation of your house. By getting a few bags of river rocks, you can put them in the same area that the water would hit, making it drain better, and saving your soil from washing away. If you have a window well, buy a plastic dome, which would then keep the rain from filling the hole, and stop leaves & junk from blowing into the hole. If you do those things, you won't need gutters. Most gutters clog up with leaves, so that you'd have to do a yearly cleaning. They also get frozen over, if you live in an area where winter happens. If they get frozen over, it causes an ice jam, which can then go under your roofing shingles and damage the wood in your roof. These are all things to consider when thinking about whether or not to have gutters. I opted out of installing gutters, and have opted for the river rocks and will be building a short roof over our window well, which is too large for one of those plastic domes. We had a flooded basement, so we know first-hand what this does when water drains off the roof and into your window well. Talk to others who have gutters and find out what they have to say about it. Even the gutters that claim to be clogless can get clogged, as well as have an ice jam. <*)))><

Answer 3

Gutters will direct rain and melting snow from the roof, away from the foundation of the house. Without gutters, the extra water from around the base of the building will keep seeping into the cement foundation over time, and will cause cracks and leaking.

It takes longer for the ground to dry at the base of a house, so any help it can get will prolong the strength of the foundation.

Answer 4

When it rains, storms, snows, and etc., as opposed to it going through the gutters and running off into the grass or other areas. It (being the water) will rund directly into driveway, carport or even grass area and cause that section to flood. It is a pain in the behind when you don't have gutters, believe you me I know, because I do not have gutters on my home just yet.

Answer 5

The water will run of the roof onto the ground. If you have gutters the water runs into the gutters down the drain, into the sewer, and the City charges you a sewer tax!!!! No gutters, no tax!!!!

Answer 6

Lots of different theories, but it depends on where you live, ground conditions & the amount of rainfall & snow load you can expect.
Some homes in the N.East snowbelt do not use them because
of ice collecting in gutters & causing damge to roof eaves.
French drains under a bed of crushed rock are used to divert water away from house.
Recently had roof done & opted to go without on upper floor because of ice damage.
Did use them over entrys & added gutter shields which are working well.
Good luck

Answer 7

it depends on where you live and how your roof was done. i live in texas and a lot of our homes don't hv gutters. but we also don't hv basements or many peer and beam homes, our homes are mostly built on cement slabs.

houses with gutters here hv them becuz the overhang of their roof isn't far enough away from the house to make sure the rain falls at least a foot away. too much water on a slab foundation can cause problems, like cracks if the ground gets too soft.

talk to a roofer or a builder.. they'll be able to tell you if your roof is too close ((allowing water to run close to the foundation)) or if its ok without gutters.

also, i don't hv a problem with debris, getting wet when leaving the house, flooded drive, yard, or indentations where water hits the ground ... but i am in texas and we welcome what little rain we get (;

Answer 8

First, you'll get wet when entering and leaving the house.

Second, you get a soft indentation around the house where the water falls.

Third, your basement walls will eventually get wet.

Fourth, mold will grow in the basement walls.

Fifth, you'll spend a lot of money cleaning up the mold, sealing the basement walls, repairing the earth around the house and installing gutters.

Answer 9

Wait- You mean like, roof gutters?

Answer 10

It depends on several things. If you just have dirt in the drip area it will splash up dirt on the house. If you have glass doors and a deck and there is not good drainage then you will have water splashing on your doors. If you use crushed rock on the drip line and have good drainage you should be fine.