As the home inspector rounded the side of a Pleasanton home – there it was – a weed growing out of a downspout.
Gutters and downspouts are part of a drainage collection system designed to collect rain water from the roof and carry it away from the house.
Do you know how much water runs off a 2,000 square foot roof when it’s raining? If it rains one inch during a storm, approximately 1246 gallons of water flows into the gutters.
This downspout must have been clogged for considerable time before the sheet-metal downspout corroded through… and accumulated gutter debris decayed into a nutrient rich soil – and with a little water and a seed – the adage about weeds growing anywhere kicks in.
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