How To Bury A Gutter Downspout

To avoid these problems bury your gutter downspout and direct the storm water flow away from your house.

How to bury a gutter downspout.

We found that the trench needs to be 10 12 inches deep with about a 2 inch slope. On the house i used downspout adapters with leaf guards. On the flip side burying drain pipe is more work intensive but it s a guaranteed way to keep water away. Use your tape measure to periodically check of the width and depth of the trench.

The end of the trench next to the house will be 18 inches deep and the far end will be 30 inches deep. Repeat the similar procedure for the other end of the angle to connect it to the ground pipe. Since my in ground pipe ran right past the garage i had the garage downspout dump in as well. Dig a trench along the desired route of the drain pipe.

Start laying your drain pipe by attaching a 90 degree angle pipe to the gutter downspout. We suggest topping the pipe off with a pop up emitter. In the pictures you can see how i connect the downspouts to my pvc system. We researched how long and deep the trench should be.

Besides making sure the slope is correct you ll want to make sure the pipe run ends in a good location. Dig a sloping trench from your downspout to a point 8 feet away. First thing first dig a trench. Dig a trench about 6 inches wider than the drain pipe you plan to bury and dig the hole deep enough so that the drainpipe sits 3 inches below grade.

The most difficult part is digging the trench. Make sure your downspout extension and connector fit together and on your gutter. Cover the inside of the fitting with pvc cement and push it into the lower end of the gutter downspout. To do this i cut the black corrugated pipe added a t and aimed the pipe upwards to the downspout.

Dig the trench 15 inches wide down the entire length.