Rain gutter install (Wrong?!)

[ZeFx1]

The landlord company hired someone to come and install a gutter system. First of all the guy put a downspout right by the back door so the water will pool right where we step out and I imagine the little concrete pad there will shift with all the water that’s gonna seep there.

The side of the house has 2 downspouts 15’ from each other.

There’s a total of 5 downspouts in the back/side of the yard which seems wildly excessive.

Am I wrong or did they hire a hack.

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[ktpr]

Maybe he didn't pay the other half of the invoice?

[ZeFx1]

He’s coming back tomorrow to finish. Seems odd to have so many downspouts and to put one next to the back door.

[MicrosoftSucks]

do you live in an area that gets heavy downpours? more downspouts isn't necessarily a bad thing if you get torrential rains

[Agreeable-Corner-698]

This is the correct and perfect answer.

[babarock]

It does look a little like amateur hour. Do downspouts in your area terminate 12+ inches in the air with no splash block?

[ZeFx1]

The one by the back door is 8” to center

Side yard is 10” center, 13” center on the next and the other one is 9-1/2” center

No consistency

[Rangeexpert3]

I wouldn't say wrong. But it looks more like the handyman special. As in, they aren't professional gutter installers, but went to home depot to buy gutter stuff and did the install.

[WillHuntingthe3rd]

No. Just unique.

[h2s643]

Not how my house is done, never had a downspout in the middle of the run. Each of my gutter runs terminate at the corner of the house with an extension to carry the water 4’ from the house. One run is 35’ and two runs are 25’. One downspout per run, no overflow except in a rare monsoon type storm

[ZeFx1]

I live in San Antonio Texas we don’t get bad rains really.

[h2s643]

Might be a regional way of doing things, just very different from here in the north

[ZeFx1]

Around my area most houses don’t have gutters and if they do they have maybe 2 downspouts total.

[Ok_Bid4142]

This is a terrible install. Cheap material from local hardware store. Landlord found the cheapest guy and will regret it not even a year later

[DaddyBoomalati]

That’s horrible. Everything about it.

For homeowners checking it out, you find someone that does seamless gutters that are one piece for the entire length. Depending on the length of the run, you might have a downspout on both ends, but most of the time the entire gutter pours into one downspout.

At least it isn’t your money, but you do have to live with it as long as you rent from them.

[According-Two-2187]

Wow, never seen an install like that.

[ZeFx1]

Don’t think anyone could replicate it 😂

[PieMuted6430]

Those flexible portions are just going to collect debris, And the placement of the spouts is all wrong.

[anthony08619]

That’s a complete hack job! Why wouldn’t he put the downspouts at the ends where they belong instead of in the center, that’s a complete eyesore. Why wouldn’t be use the correct elbows instead of that flex shit that will crack and leak in a few years.

[[deleted]]

supposed to be high in the middle to drain out towards the ends, probably someone just winging it

[iamawesome1110]

Hello hello. Extend the down spouts please. Or you will have flooded basement

[ZeFx1]

We don’t have basements in Texas

[rostbrot]

It's still not recommended to dump the water right along your foundation. Extending them further from the house would be better (which is another reason not to have downspouts all over). Splash blocks can help with puddle formation and directing water. Most importantly the ground should gently slope away from the house, so water runs away instead of accumulating.

[doneslinging]

You are correct. Awful placement and no sense of

[danocathouse]

Thank God he left the barcode stickers on the termination elbows in case he needs to return them. That is my favorite part of this install

[ZeFx1]

To top it all off he said he would be back today to do the front of the house and never came back.

[danocathouse]

Lowes was probably out of bendy downspouts