On 09 May 2004 22:23:15 GMT, osspam (Joe Bobst) wrote:

No, they aren't a "necessity". Most homes, if properly landscaped and
maintained, will do just fine without them.

Nonsense. That may be true in Arizona, but falling water from the eaves will
leave a trench around the house that nothing will grow in.

Doesn't seem to be an issue here in SW Florida, and I guarantee we get
more rain than you.

Not so unlikely. Our midwest community requires gutters on new housing per the
new BOCA codes. Other areas have required gutters in public and commercial
buildings for many years. Did you notice the ones on your church this morning?

Most communities require runoff management, which may or may not mean
gutters. And no, there aren't any on the local church either. Or the
three-year-old commercial building I work in.

Jeff