Hey folks, my first post here. You all seem extremely knowledgeable and helpful and I look forward to participating more down the line. Having bought my first house recently and being raised without a father figure around I find I'm in over my head with a lot of this handy type stuff. Also please forgive me if I broke any etiquette with this post, I read all the rules and I think I got it though. Here's my actual question. Prior to buying the house, the inspector pointed out these gutters draining right in front of the house, with a very slight down slope (more due to mulch) directing the water back towards the house and causing some leaks in the basement. I was just going to flatten it out a bit with a shovel and call it a day, but started considering some kind of extension, possibly leading to a pop up drain or something like that. But I don't know if that's A) the best option or B) if so, where/how far to direct the extension into my yard. It's pretty much totally flat in the front yard including the driveway. They're both level with the street, which has no storm drains or curb. Everything I read about these kind of extensions advise to have the extension run at a downward slope, so for me to do that, would I just have to dig the hole deeper towards the end where pop-up drain would be, thus creating my own slope? And would it be better for the end of the line to be in the yard with the grass, or should I end it more in the garden (which is little more than some old mulch and neglected plants at the moment) so the yard doesn't get swampy? Am I totally off base by even thinking an extension/popup is the way to go? I hope that's enough information and I was coherent enough. Any and all advice you folks can provide would be enormously appreciated. Below are some pictures of the areas I'm talking about. Maybe in the future I can figure out a way to direct both spouts towards the back yard, which has both a slope and a creek at the bottom of it. At the moment I don't think that's within my capability though. [ATTACH]41184[/ATTACH] Maybe worth noting that the stone path there isn't cemented in or anything, just loose stones, so digging under them wouldn't be a problem. Thank you very much! -J.P.

Hello, I installed a bath fan and roof-top vent in August or September. This is my first time doing such a job. I installed a turbine ventilator ("Whirlybird") around the same time and it is virtually leak free. The bath fan vent was leak free until today. Please advise on the best way to fix it. Below are more details. I have a 7/12 pitch roof with roughly three or four layers of shingles. I know nothing about roofing. I followed the directions as to how to install the roof vent. The collar did not fasten onto it because of the way you have to "shear" or tuck the vent into place, I simply couldn't connect the collar, but it seems that all of the air was escaping properly, so I wouldn't think that would cause leaks. Because of all the layers of roofing, it was very difficult to tuck the vent into place. After getting the vent into place, because of the roofing layers, I had roughly an inch or more of a gap to apply tar to. The tar seemed to cure just fine despite it only being being designed for 1/2 inch of depth. It is leaking mostly around the top end--the end closest to the peak of the roof. The wood around the deck screws (don't remember why I used deck screws instead of nails) is saturated and possibly causing droplets to accumulate on the screws. In the bathroom, roughly one drop every three seconds leaks from the fan, and starting today, a few inches of the perimeter of the ceiling around the fan is visibly wet. I heard that condensation could be the culprit, and that's what I thought it was before going up there today. I did insulate the vinyl hose today. I checked in the attic numerous times and as recently as four days ago, and the wood around the vent was dry. Today, different story. If this leaking evidently just started today, am I going to have to replace the wood on the roof? Please help. Thanks very much!