How to divert roof stormwater runoff away from the house w/o gutters?
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Hi Deb,
I found an article that has some ideas for the water problem, but I don't have any idea of the costs or if it will even completely solve your problem. Click on the link below to see if it helps you. As to the space under your home, my suggestion would be to find someone local who you can work with to see if it's truly a problem or if it was not installed properly, then take it from there. Sorry I can't be more help. :( Wishing you the best.
https://www.wikihow.com/Reduce-Stormwater-Runoff-at-Your-Home
You could use a landscape designer, but I haven’t found one over the age of twelve who works free. A few things could help your situation that don’t cost much. 1. If the rain is coming off the roof, it has to land somewhere. Give it pavers to fall on in the front, of any color and type. Look for people around town who have construction going on and ask if you could have some of their accidentally broken pavers, rocks or bricks. You don’t care if the bricks have concrete globs on them. You just want to stick a lot of them in the ground to divert the hard flow of rainwater since the ground can’t absorb that much. Mix the bricks with the other materials sunset that will diffuse the water even more. 2. Dig several small trenches under and away from your house, heading downward. Make sure you don't hit any underground pipes or lines. Take a big lantern and a small but strong trowel or other digging tool under the house with you so you can stretch ahead without coming out the front. 3. That’s the no cost drainage way, but if you can afford it, spread a load of any gravel or rocks you can get under your house and out the back. The material doesn’t have to match. This will save the foundation of your house by spreading out the wash-out area. 4. As you can, put strong underpinning around the front of the house. Keep your drainage in the back, but bury some hose or pipe to help with the drainage. 5. The thicker the grass and shrubs are around the house, the better the ground’s ability to absorb more water and disperse it out to help the whole yard. 6. Some builders, hardware and home improvement stores, brick yards, and demolition crews will be glad to give you extras and discards. Ask nicely and be gracious, whatever the answer. Best wishes ☺️
There ARE gutters made for metal roofs. You need to contact a professional.
I'm with Sal, water like this requires eve troughs and down spots or rain chains. Since the low point is the crawl space water will always go there unless it is directed away from your home.
New Pitch at the front of your mobile home to go from top to front of covered deck without join.
Perhaps a sump pump for under your place when it rains to remove the water.
Perhaps a sump pump under your place to remove water and route it a distance from your home?
Can you add a rain barrel that diverts the excess water away from your home?
A scupper. I did the same on my house. I put a large ceramic pot filled with stones and had it a bit on an angle. The water hits the ceramic pot, it runs off down pavers to the street.
I would bring in some dirt and build up an “watershed apron” with 6 mil Visqueen (buy it by the roll on-line) on top the dirt
and crushed rock on top the plastic.
Don’t buy pretty gravel in the garden section, buy crushed rock in the concrete foundations section.
It can be edged with big rocks or bricks to look like a flower bed.
If you’ve access to a truck, then go for bulk, not bagged.
Fill dirt might or mulch be free, at a City yard.