Hi All, We have a gutter coming down from one roof level to another, and then it lets water out. I'm attaching a picture, but it seems like the angle that it lets the water out may be wrong, because during even just somewhat hard rains, it shoots water out so fast that it hits the gutter on that level and just shoots off over the edge (rather than going into the gutter and across to a downspout). Is there anything I can do, like adding a short piece of gutter to angle up to the position of the viewer in the photo (i.e., from where I was standing when I took the picture)? Would that work / not work? Any reason to not do it? I'm thinking that would seem to help slow down and spread out the water so it doesn't shoot out. Anything else I can do? Any help would be greatly appreciated. (I know there is some leaf stuff in the gutter which needs to get cleaned; however, we've had this problem forever, even when the gutters are freshly cleaned.) Thanks! [img]https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.doityourselft.com-vbulletin/591x443/20220716_135641_166b9c2d3fbf3abffb7242bda640a43a30e517a6.jpg[/img]

We have a walk out basement door that sits at the bottom of a 3-steps down. Right below the door is an external sump pump. Every 5-6 years the lake we live on floods. Is there an economical way to seal the door to prevent water from coming in. I don't care if it means we can't go out the door, we never use it anyway. I've seen flood barriers online for about $1000 that screw in. But wondering if there are are ideas on how to do it affordably? Like get a piece of aluminum and screw it into the frame then silicone seal it? It would have to stand a winter outside, too.