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I think we call those down spout caps bird cages around here.
Rainhandler?
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I've a 100 yr. old house with three foot drooping (about 3 degrees) overhangs. This drooping eave is not at the end of the roof where you'd put a gutter, etc.; it is on the side down slope from the roof peak. Is anyone following this? Anyway, the rain on this slope never reaches any gutter, instead, with a heavy rain, in ends up as a "lake Stephanie" around my furnace. I am thinking that this Rainhandler idea might work, especially with improvement in the grading (now only one foot above the lawn). Before reading all your comments, I was going to place corrugated metal leading away from the house (mostly South side) to direct heavy rain away. I'd hide this unappealing idea with wood chips, dirt and strips of artificial turf. This part is under the bushes. That last idea may work, as the neighbors think, well, I'm not sure, weird anyway. Please reply. Thanks.[unsure]
If I am following you correctly, it sounds as if you need some work on your roof before doing anything else.
If there is a problem with grading
Back to my question about the foundation: If it is a stone foundation, in those days, a lot of stone foundations were dry laid with only the inside joints filled (pointed) with mortar, and often only lime mortar at that. They leak water into basements as if they were blotters. If the original cellarfloor was dirt and the concrete that is thre now is an add-on, you may be in for a bigger problem than expected.
whenever i poured a concrete floor in an existing dirt floor cellar, i always left a space between the wall (especially if a stone foundation) and the concrete floor. My explanation for the space was that water might never have been noticeable with the dirt floor. Once the floor was "sealed" with the new concrete surface, the water would have no place to go unless we give it a space.
No matter, from you explanation, i just seem to see a lot of possibilities for your problem. There seems to be no absolute clear starting point.
I don't see the gutter (other than removal for the time being) as the starting point.
Tinker
If there is a problem with grading
if your house is over 100 yrs old, is it a stone foundation? does the grading slope in towards the house, or away.? Whatever, the regrading, or improvements to the grading might be the next step. Can runoff water be drained to surface? That is important.Stephanie said:
Back to my question about the foundation: If it is a stone foundation, in those days, a lot of stone foundations were dry laid with only the inside joints filled (pointed) with mortar, and often only lime mortar at that. They leak water into basements as if they were blotters. If the original cellarfloor was dirt and the concrete that is thre now is an add-on, you may be in for a bigger problem than expected.
whenever i poured a concrete floor in an existing dirt floor cellar, i always left a space between the wall (especially if a stone foundation) and the concrete floor. My explanation for the space was that water might never have been noticeable with the dirt floor. Once the floor was "sealed" with the new concrete surface, the water would have no place to go unless we give it a space.
No matter, from you explanation, i just seem to see a lot of possibilities for your problem. There seems to be no absolute clear starting point.
I don't see the gutter (other than removal for the time being) as the starting point.
Tinker
