Gutters and downspouts are silent workhorses that protect your home from decay, rot and structural compromise. Often times the homeowner will discover the need for gutters immediately during or after a rainstorm—wet basement, wet crawl space, pooled water at the outside wall of the home.

More often however, the damage caused to a home by the absence of gutters and downspouts is slow and steady erosion that happens over time. And then one day the homeowner is shocked to discover serious damage. Uncontrolled backsplash as well as pooled water slowly can cause damage to windows, walls and foundation—stained and rotted siding, damaged paint and rotted windows. In severe cases this kind of erosion can even cause structural compromise to the foundation.