eaves and water window well

[roxanne]

i built a window well that steps out to a two tiered flower bed. my problem is that when there is a heavy downpour, the gutters on the eaves dump into the tiered flower bed and flow down and fill up the window well with water that we need to bail out. i think i could solve my window well problem if i extended the eaves…but i don’t know if this is possible. any answers or ideas?

[tomh]

Sounds like the gutters are overflowing due to either clogged downspouts, or lack of capacity to carry water to the ground. I would look into either adding a downspout or cleaning the ones you have to prevent this problem.

[Jason]

Greetings Roxanne,

Extending the eaves sounds like over kill to me.

Why don’t you just cover the window well with a clear plastic or glass?

You might try diverting the downspouts to a dry well.

Without seeing your problem it’s hard to tell if extending the eaves will solve the problem but, there is no reason that I know of why you couldn’t extend them.

But, I would stick with covering the well. What happens when the rain water hits the side of the house?

Good luck,

Jason

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