You live in an area that doesn t get much rain.
No gutters on back of house.
What are my options.
Homes that were constructed with no gutters may have been built that way for a reason.
Check out your roof slope.
If your roof doesn t have much of an overhang and no gutters moldy or rotting siding is a key sign that water isn t getting far enough away from your house.
The right grading around your home is a great way to ensure that water drains away from your house instead of staying near the foundation where it can cause a lot of damage.
Instead it s rolling down your roof and onto the sides of your home.
You ve already installed an effective rain diverter.
Then just dump into a bucket to dispose of when you are all done.
While not a permanent solution the way that gutters and other options are this.
Use a garden trowel or gutter scoop to clean it out by hand.
If your home has gone through a lot of construction over the time that you ve had it you may think.
As the gutter experts most homeowners are shocked when we tell them every home doesn t necessarily need gutters.
If you have good sandy soil and if your house is slab on grade construction no crawlspace no basement and you have a large overhang you can get away with no gutters.
Purchase a gutter cleaning kit that can connect to your leaf blower.
The overhang is the thing saving you.
Without the overhang you get too much splash back against your exterior cladding.
For best results start at the drain outlet near the low end of the gutter.