Are these front gutter downspouts to standard?

[GON]

The two gutter downspouts in the front of this home caught my eye.

Why are the downspouts not following (hidden) the front of the home? Obviously this is the least disruptive flow of the water, but is this a new normal? I do like the home appears to have the downspots flow into drain tile.

 

[RhondaHonda]

I noticed that when you posted the listing. It’s not anything I’ve seen before. Here, they’d follow the pillar and that bay corner down to ground. It is nice they are going into buried pipe instead of just running onto the ground.

 

[dishdude]

Amateur hour.

 

[GON]

Amateur hour.

Thats what I was concerened about. If this is wrong, and sitting in plain sight, once might only imagine what is behind the curtains....

 

[mrsilv04]

This is nothing new, at least for me. I did this to a house that I built in 1996. All of the home's downspouts run to buried drain tile.

 

[Pablo]

Thats what I was concerened about. If this is wrong, and sitting in plain sight, once might only imagine what is behind the curtains....

It’s not wrong it’s just short cutting

Could have better hidden the right down spout. Left gonna show but yeah that is weak

Was gutter guy the roofer company? Or GC or independent?

 

[Nukeman7]

Thats what I was concerened about. If this is wrong, and sitting in plain sight, once might only imagine what is behind the curtains....

I would be more concerned that the "grass" in the front and back yard appears to be Astroturf (i.e., synthetic grass), not real sod. I guess that would eliminate any need for mowing other than the steep slope behind the home leading to the walking path.

 

[johnmyster]

Drain tile nonsense. SDR-35 (not the cheapo corrugated black pipe) with a cleanout at the bottom of every drop, and get that stuff >30' away from the house in a downhill direction. The cost difference is trivial. Black pipe and modern socked pipe "tile" is a shortcut.

 

[KrisZ]

To me they don’t look to be hidden, but instead tied in to a drainage system around the house.

My house in CA had something similar going on and I think it was tied in to the storm drains because the neighborhood was all flat.

 

[Danno]

Looks fine to me, and buried tile. Did the same on my new house. Did have to run heating cable through the tiles.

 

[GON]

It’s not wrong it’s just short cutting

Could have better hidden the right down spout. Left gonna show but yeah that is weak

Was gutter guy the roofer company? Or GC or independent?

No idea who installed the gutters, but a lot can be implied from that picture. Worse case, the downspouts could have been primed and painted. I don't know many homeowners on a new construction build at almost $300 USD a sq foot would have let that pass. What else did they let pass?

I am not starting to wonder why the chose to install drain tile. Might be code for the city??? It is a very inexpensive, but very needed thing to do, yet almost no new homes install drain tile. If I built a home in the desert I would still install drain tile.... water is huge damage to all homes, even in the desert.

 

[Lockasiam]

Better blame the apprentice

 

[opus1]

No idea who installed the gutters, but a lot can be implied from that picture. Worse case, the downspouts could have been primed and painted...

I'm guessing this approach was chosen due to the straight path to the drain tile. If the downspout (especially on the right) came down, angled to hide behind the pillar, then angled out, that's extra elbows/extra path to clog.

I agree that at least the downspouts should have been primed/painted to make them less visible.

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

The two gutter downspouts in the front of this home caught my eye.

Why are the downspouts not following (hidden) the front of the home? Obviously this is the least disruptive flow of the water, but is this a new normal? I do like the home appears to have the downspots flow into drain tile.

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