How To Install Drains For Gutters
Connect the drain.
How to install drains for gutters. Dig a hole deep enough to accommodate your dry well and the overflow tube. Mark the point to be cut on the gutters with an erasable marker. Slope long gutter runs 40 feet or more down both directions from the middle and put a downspout on each end. To make the french drain work the pipe needs to be sloped away from the starting point.
Haul away most of the dirt. Installing gutters in 18 steps snap a chalk line across the fascia creating the proper pitch toward the downspout end. The easiest way to dig the path of the drain is to lay out the materials catch basin and pipe. Cut the gutters to size with a hacksaw and heavy duty tin snips.
Use the other hand to hold the frame at the top by the wingnut. Then using a shovel dig your trench. First score around the knock out hole. Installation of gutter drain including downspout and hdpe triple wall pipe.
Buy special roof hanger mounting straps for houses without fascia boards or for fascias that aren t vertical. Hold the handle with your dominant hand and keep your index finger parallel to the top pointing toward the cutting direction for support. Apply gutter sealant to an end cap then press the cap onto one end of the gutter. Install an in ground drainage system start digging.
Downspouts on gutters that drain large roof areas or if you live in an area with torrential rains. Knock out the drainage ports in the sides of the dry well.