How Storm water Runoff Can Lead to Water Damage in Your Home
Quick answer: Storm water runoff causes home damage by overwhelming the soil, gutters, and grading around your foundation faster than they can move water away from the residence. Instead of draining off, that water pools against the foundation, seeps through cracks and window wells, backs up through gutters onto the roofline, and works its way into basements, crawlspaces, and wall cavities—regularly without a single drop of rain actually falling inside. You don’t need a flood to end up with real water damage. Most of the calls we get after a heavy storm aren’t from homes near a creek or a floodplain—they’re from homes where the rain itself never got anywhere near the walls, but the runoff it created did. Here’s how that actually happens and what it looks like before it turns into a much bigger problem. What Is Storm Water Runoff, Exactly? Runoff is simply rain that doesn’t soak into the ground where it falls. Once soil, grass, and mulch beds reach their saturation point—which ha...