How To Bury Gutter Downspouts
On the house i used downspout adapters with leaf guards.
How to bury gutter downspouts. Dig a trench along the desired route of the drain pipe. Repeat the similar procedure for the other end of the angle to connect it to the ground pipe. Have your downspout extension and connector together then place on your gutter. Use your tape measure to periodically check of the width and depth of the trench.
On the flip side burying drain pipe is more work intensive but it s a guaranteed way to keep water away. To avoid these problems bury your gutter downspout and direct the storm water flow away from your house. 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.
The end of the trench next to the house will be 18 inches deep and the far end will be 30 inches deep. Dig a sloping trench from your downspout to a point 8 feet away. Besides making sure the slope is correct you ll want to make sure the pipe run ends in a good location. Gutter downspouts that drain freely into a splash tray beside your house can cause serious water damage including flooding your crawl space or basement.
Since my in ground pipe ran right past the garage i had the garage downspout dump in as well. Now time to screw them into place. The most difficult part is digging the trench. 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. Weisman recommends extending the trench at least 8 feet from the downspout if there s available space.