Having spent 30+ years in residential construction, contracting, remodeling, maintenance and home repair, Deane now contributes DIY, informational and financial content as a freelance writer and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If your downspout is not securely connected to a stormwater drain or has developed a leak, this water leakage can eventually cause ...

Downspout repairs rarely make anyone’s dream renovation list, but they quietly protect your foundation, siding, and landscaping from costly water damage. Across the country, you typically spend ...

Every once in a while, you may come across a downspout that didn't come from your house, but somehow landed in your yard. But don't just chuck it in the trash.

I have gutters and downspouts from the upper roof of my two-story home that drop water down onto a lower roof. The lower roof drains this water down into the gutter below. It seems like this increased ...

Downspouts are a necessary element to guide rainwater from the gutter to the ground. And though functional, downspouts are not know for their aesthetic value and often detract from the architectural ...

Subscribe to BizTimes Daily – Local news about the people, companies and issues that impact business in Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin. Necessity is often the mother of invention. That’s how Tom ...

Last night, I noticed that there was ice forming on the side of my house. Further investigation revealed that one of the main downspouts was frozen, which I'm guessing caused a nice chain reaction and ...

DEAR TIM: My home is less than 2 months old and I already have a problem with my downspout drainage. Where the sidewalk comes up to my front porch a black corrugated plastic pipe extends through the ...

Homeowners often ask what they can do with their own property in order to be part of the greater solution and not the problem. One way in which property owners can help is by strategically diverting ...

Sometimes, a hack solves a big problem. Sometimes, it’s just to deal with something that kind of bugs you. This hack from [Dillan Stock] is in the latter category, replacing an ugly, redundant ...