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The gutter isn’t overflowing, and the downspout isn’t clogged. In fact, everything above our heads may be doing its job perfectly. Then we crouch beside the bottom elbow and find a bare patch in the pine straw where roof water has been hitting the same spot beside the house every time Wilmington gets a hard rain.<\/span><\/p>\n That’s where Downspout Extensions come in. At Crawl Space Ninja, the service isn’t simply about adding a few feet to the bottom of a downspout. We look at where the water currently lands, what sits between that point and a better discharge area, and how an extension can fit the property without becoming something the homeowner has to constantly work around. If your downspouts are emptying too close to your Wilmington home, contact us online<\/a> to schedule an inspection.<\/span><\/p>\n For Downspout Extension service, we’re interested in what happens after roof water makes the trip from the gutter to ground level. That brings us directly to the bottom elbow.<\/span><\/p>\n We may find an outlet ending only inches from the foundation. Pine straw can be pushed into a fan around it, mulch may have washed away, or repeated discharge can leave a small depression in exposed soil. Sometimes the ground is still soft enough for a boot heel to sink slightly even though the more open part of the yard has already dried. <\/span>Those details give us a starting point. Before changing anything, we want to see where the downspout is releasing water now and whether that location makes sense.<\/span><\/p>\n \nStart at the Elbow, Not the Gutter<\/span><\/h2>\n
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