Gutter Problems We See Most in Cranston
A lot of Cranston still runs the gutters it was built with. Five inch aluminum on a 1950s cape was adequate then, and it is marginal against the rain intensity we get now.
Undersized is not always the gutter. It is often the downspout. One outlet on a long run backs up in a heavy storm no matter how clean the gutter is.
Flat lots make the consequences worse. Water dumped at the corner of a Cranston ranch has nowhere to go, so it sits against the foundation and shows up in the basement.