Dig a trench eight to 10 feet long 12 to 14 inches deep and about six inches wide for each of the downspouts on your house.
Draining gutter downspout underground.
Assemble and place the catch basin.
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How to put downspouts underground.
Before digging call 811 to have utility lines marked.
Use only 45 or 22 5 degree bends underground.
Call 811 to locate underground utilities.
It looks great and there are no downspouts to trip on.
Digging the trench laying the pipe and backfilling with soil.
The easiest way to dig the.
Best of all now the roof water which used to end up in the soil next to the house goes straight to the storm drain.
Lay out the trench photo by smith baer.
Re sodding was probably the most time consuming aspect of the project but was well worth it.
Underground gutter drainage step 1.
Don t put pipes in un compacted fill dirt.
When your gutters and downspouts are clean but the water is overflowing check the underground drains they are connected to.
It s typically done in three phases.
Blockages in the under floor drain combined with high volumes of roof runoff water entering the system send the entire.
Try to drop the.
Read on to learn how to expend your downspout in 10 steps.
Use solid sdr 35 pvc pipe.
Now that the trench is dug you can assemble the catch basin.
Fasten a piece of pvc 45 degree angle joint to one end of a piece of eight to 10 foot long 4 inch diameter.
Two weeks later i can t even tell where my trench runs through the yard.
As you will see in this video th.
Install downspout drain line tips.
Installing drainage pipe is a straightforward job that any homeowner can handle.
Dig trenches for drainage pipe.
If water is not redirected away from the foundation of the home a lot of damage can be done to your yard or any beautification such as flower beds or gardens.