Rain water diverter system for deck structures

A system for diverting rain water from the underside of a deck structure, which comprises:

• a side-by-side array of flexible water collecting elements;
• each of said water collecting elements being adapted to collect and divert rain water from a regional area of the deck structure;
• each of said water collecting elements being shaped to control the flow or water without restriction or impediment;
• compressive locking strips interposed between adjacent water collecting elements to fix them together with a compressive fit, wherein each of said water collecting elements are separately detachable from said coupling elements and whereby the resulting array is water impermeable.

A system for connecting rain water collection apparatus to an underside of an elevated, water pervious deck structure, which comprises the steps of:

• (a) attaching mounting elements to the underside of the deck structure in a grid having predetermined spacings;
• (b) connecting to said mounting elements a plurality of coupling elements, said coupling elements being adapted to receive a plurality of water collectors;
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• (c) connecting a plurality of water collectors to said coupling elements, whereby said water collectors are fixed together in a resulting array that is water impermeable.