How To Install Drain Tile For Gutters
Use a string and 1x2 stakes to lay out the trench.
How to install drain tile for gutters. Screw a drain cover over the end of the tubing as it approaches daylight to keep critters out. Hi welcome back to cover that roof. Without properly installed gutters water will move down onto walls and into the ground around the home leading to potential problems with your home s foundation. To prevent erosion make a rock bed around the end of the tube.
Try to pipe all water to a low point away from your home. Tile roofs need gutters and downspouts to help protect the home from water damage. Where the tube passes by the downspout from the gutter we installed a y fitting and drained the roof water from the gutter system directly into the main drainage line. In today s eposide we will show you how to install drain scuppers for a built in gutter system for a clay tile roof.
Do not drain more water to a point on your lot than would have ended up there naturally before your home was built. Installing gutters on a tile roof. Most standard drainage systems have a downspout that catches water from the gutters on the roof and deposits it some small distance around 1 3 feet away from the house s. Pound in two stakes 4 feet from the house and directly in front of each downspout.
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