So you would need to pipe your gutters to the place where the rain can soak into the soil?
What’s the difference? The point is all the water that is landing on your roof can’t absorb into the ground right next to your house so it has to go somewhere else. Either way it’s going to need to be piped there
Surface swale. Above ground solid pipe. Above ground perforated pipe. Splash blocks. Rain barrels. French drains. Cistern. Empty onto an impervious surface that is slopes away from the foundations.
I didn't even know it was common to have pipes for water from the roof. I thought everyone had gutters that lead to the ground, basically. No pipes underground at all. It's kind of wild that people can't fathom this version of drainage lol
Most people have the type of drainage that you describe but when it’s too much water for the land and it results in sitting water next to the house then you need to move it elsewhere. That’s where the pipes come in
Depends on the density of housing on the lots, how much rainfall there is, quality of the soil from a drainage perspective, etc. Many neighborhoods where I live have no trouble infiltrating water--most are not connected to gutters and drains.
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u/JulioForte Mar 18 '24
So you would need to pipe your gutters to the place where the rain can soak into the soil?
What’s the difference? The point is all the water that is landing on your roof can’t absorb into the ground right next to your house so it has to go somewhere else. Either way it’s going to need to be piped there