Home Fix: Dwight Barnett answers home-improvement questions. This week's topic is on pop-up gutter drains and how to keep house gutters from overflowing.

Q: I had a contractor install pop-up gutter drains. They were supposed to be dug 10 feet out. He only did this for one at the back of the house. The other three are only 4 to 5 feet out. I wasn't ...

Q: I had a contractor install pop-up gutter drains. They were supposed to be dug 10 feet out. He only did this for one at the back of the house. The other three are only 4 to 5 feet out. I wasn't ...

Q. My copper gutters are 10 years old, and I don’t want any gutter guards. But I have two problems. One is where the gutter turns a corner and water gushes down from two roofs so hard that wa… ...

Q–I have two questions related to gutters. First, when it rains, the gutter in the front of my house fills and overflows. A handyman I hired reset the gutter. He said it wasn`t slanted properly.

Too few downspouts will tend to make the gutters overflow during a heavy rain. Next is the size of the gutter itself. A 5-inch gutter is typical, but 6-inch gutters are also available.

Rain gutters that are too small for the home they're installed in can also lead to overflowing gutters. Now, we know gutters can crack or corrode, which would make them leak.

Q: I had a contractor install pop-up gutter drains. They were supposed to be dug 10 feet out. He only did this for one at the back of the house. The other three are only 4 to 5 feet out. I wasn't ...

Q: I had a contractor install pop-up gutter drains. They were supposed to be dug 10 feet out. He only did this for one at the back of the house. The other three are only 4 to 5 feet out. I wasn't ...