They're beautiful. And gutters are ugly. But have no idea how a rain chain could get the water away from a foundation. Just the downspouts? Maybe, if the weather does nothing more than sprinkle, gently.

Rain chains work fine, you just need adequate overhandgs and a dispersal system to get rid of the water. We have to do the piping anyway here in CA, so it is no big deal to push it out to the rain chain location. Rains here can be torrential. The tiling system must be designed to handle the flow.

Rain chains were originally designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the architect, it has been said. I would order one and see out it works out, before you order the rest. They become icicles during the winter, depending on were you live. Something to keep in mind.. Some install it over a 'drain' of grey waste water to sewer and rain water drain cleanout. You will still have water to direct out at the bottom, regardless. Those are some rain chains, in design!

I've been looking around casually for rain chains, but it seems like I come across the same 10 designs and can't find anything I like. If anyone finds a good place to find them please let me know. Thanks!

For our project I googled rain chains. We came up with the aluminum chain seen in the above photo. many samples were available,simple and complex. I think material has something to do with that...try aluminum instead of copper and see what you come up with. Not so sure about FLW inventing rain chains...seems sort of Asian/Medieval to me...also that I''ve seen them on Greene and Greene's work too. which makes sense since they were in SoCal.