The west side of our house is 2 stories high. We have 3 window wells on that side of the house. When we get heavy rains from the west blowing against the house, lets say 3 inches in an hour. The water can't run away quickly enough and it runs into the basement. My wife wants to put another gutter on that side just above the basement windows to move that rain away. Any other ideas?
How to keep heavy rain from draining into the house
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Best Answer
I had a similar problem and added a length of corrugated tubing to my existing downspouts.
What was happening is that the water came down the downspouts too close to the house. It did not have time to soak into the ground and pooled around the foundation. So using some black corrugated pipe and the right adapters got that water 5-10 feet from the house.
It is very low cost, just get some of the black pipe, the right adapters to attach to your downspouts, and sheet metal screws.