| You can unclog downspouts by placing a garden hose in the opening and gently spraying. |
| Water from this melting is trapped and creates an ice dam on the roof, gutters and downspouts. |
| Your gutters and downspouts direct rain and snowmelt away from the foundation of the house. |
| Install proper eave troughs and downspouts on poultry houses to carry rain water far away from the buildings. |
| One easy thing homeowners can do is disconnect their downspouts, redirecting rainwater from roofs out onto porous ground. |
| We didn't want to run any downspouts, so we used scuppers instead, and put pavers in the earth where the rain would hit. |
