The pipe must be perforated on the bottom to allow the water to drain into the surrounding soil.
How to drain your gutters underground.
Before digging call 811 to have utility lines marked.
He will connect your downspouts to the pipe ends so that the rainwater cannot leak as it passes from your gutters to the underground pipe.
The tops of the pvc pipes have threaded fittings so i can close off the pvc if needed.
Try to drop the.
Underground gutter drainage step 1.
The trench should be at least 6 inches wide and slope down slightly 1 to 2 inches per length of pipe so water drains away from the downspouts.
Dig trenches for drainage pipe.
Depending on the trench length and more important the type of soil digging the trench with a shovel can range from relatively easy to downright impossible.
How to put downspouts underground.
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.
The easiest way to dig the.
Now that the trench is dug you can assemble the catch basin.
Next he will place lengths of rigid pvc pipe into the trenches.
This is what i intend to do in the spring if the ground is still frozen when it is raining outside.
Assemble and place the catch basin.
After removing the downspout diverters i can easily replace them with a standard elbow and downspout the kind i tripped on to inspire this project.
Fasten a piece of pvc 45 degree angle joint to one end of a piece of eight to 10 foot long 4 inch diameter.