Water woes.....

I really love a good rain storm [thunder and lightning are a plus] but NOT when it is soaking the ground at the corner of my house; seeping into the downstairs bedroom and saturating the carpet and padding. We discovered this 3 rain storms ago. We figured out that the gutters and rain spouts are worn, bent and broken...so, during the 2nd rain storm [ago] Steve rigged up a funnel system with a tarp and bricks that worked well...at least we didn't get water in the basement:) We eventually had to move the tarp and bricks to mow the grass that was really high due to all the extra water in that spot. So, yesterday, we were running errands and got home when it was pouring down rain again. We had to rebuild the system during the rain storm....we were drenched to the skin....but, again, not basement water:):) Notice the rain pouring off the roof??

The overall solution to the problem is to replace the gutters and rain spouts [a mere $1000 is the current bid] AFTER we pay to remove the neighbor's cottonwood tree that is responsible for the gutter damage in the first place! [ a topic for another blog...]See the Peggy-made river I've created on the side of my house??
To reaffirm...I love well placed water such as this: just not water in my basement:)