How To Install Burried Gutter Extensions

Use longer extensions to make sure you re getting all that water away from your home.

How to install burried gutter extensions.

To tuck the fabric under the dry well top cover loosen the screws push an inch of fabric under the cover then re tighten the screws. Cover the inside of the fitting with pvc cement and push it into the lower end of the gutter downspout. Lower the dry well into the hole after wrapping the sides with a special silt blocking landscape fabric. Buried or underground roof drainage downspout defects clogging overflowing holes corrosion leaks that cause wet basements or crawl areas proper installation of buried downspout extensions proper installation of french drains seepage pits at flat sites gutter downspout defects cause wet basements crawl areas questions answers about installing maintaining repairing buried roof.

I wanted a good way to get rainwater from the roof as far away from the house as possible. Start laying your drain pipe by attaching a 90 degree angle pipe to the gutter downspout. Tie the string to the downspout then stretch it out and around all the stakes. How to install a drain pipe in a flower bed how to unclog a landscape drain pipe the downspouts on your house s guttering system carry many gallons of rainwater off your roof and onto your yard.

After the utilities mark the buried lines on your property map out a route for the drain pipe that s connected to the downspout so that the water drains to daylight. Measure the distance between these fittings and cut a short length of downspout to join the allowing for about 1 1 2 in. Episode 118 vlog landscaping flexi spouts watch me use pvc and flexi spout gutter extensions to bury these gutters under the concrete. Start by pushing the female end of a downspout elbow onto the first outlet fitting.

Installing buried gutter downspouts drainage around house. Let s get into the six best methods we ve found for extending your home s downspouts. 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. Set the dry well in place.

Place other stakes spaced 8 feet apart in between. Before installing gutters rainwater from the roof fell to the ground and didn t flow anywhere before soaking in to the soil hence large spring rains lead to water in the basement. Pound in two stakes 4 feet from the house and directly in front of each downspout. To be safe aim for a 4 foot minimum extension away from a downspout.

Of insertion on one end. Use a string and 1x2 stakes to lay out the trench.