Choosing Efficiency First

Rain guttering systems might seem like a standard feature, but not all home builders routinely include them when building a new home. This leaves some new construction home buyers struggling to decide if their home really needs a guttering system or not. If you have recently found yourself in this situation, the following information can help you understand the most important reasons for installing a rain gutter system on your home. 

It can provide protection for your new home's foundation

Building codes enforced in most areas of the nation include specifications that builders must follow. One of these is to ensure that the ground around the exterior of the home's perimeter is slanted away from the home. This is done to help safely move melting snow and rainwater away from the exterior walls of the home's foundation. This action is necessary to prevent water from pooling next to the foundation where it could then soak through foundation or basement walls and enter the home. 

Installing a rain guttering system to help collect and redirect this water well away from the home will prevent erosion of the soil around the home's perimeter and help to decrease the chances of water infiltration through basement and foundation walls. 

It can provide protection for your new home's siding

Another excellent reason to install guttering is to help protect and prolong the lifespan of the exterior surfaces of your home. When no guttering is installed, each heavy rainfall can force huge quantities of rainwater to flow off the roof and down the exterior wall of the home. 

If these surfaces are painted or stained, this exposure to water can cause undue wear and discoloration. Homes that have masonry walls, such as bricks, rock, or engineered stone, can also be damaged by this type of exposure to water. This occurs because the water slowly erodes the masonry cement used to hold the blocks, bricks, or rocks. Installing a guttering system prevents rainwater from sluicing down exterior walls, helping to prevent this type of damage. 

It can provide protection for your new home's landscaping

Achieving a beautifully landscaped lawn is another challenge that plagues many who opt to purchase a newly built home. When the home does not have a guttering system, this problem can be much worse because of the damage that newly landscaped areas can receive from the influx of a rain flowing off the roof. By installing a guttering system, this water is safely redirected well away from the home and will not wash away newly planted flowers and grass.  

To learn more about guttering systems and why they are important for your new home, contact a reputable guttering installation contractor soon.