Best Way To Bury Gutter Downspout
We researched how long and deep the trench should be.
Best way to bury gutter downspout. Since my in ground pipe ran right past the garage i had the garage downspout dump in as well. Make sure your downspout extension and connector fit together and on your gutter. 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.
Burying the downspout is an effective way to carry away this excess. Start laying your drain pipe by attaching a 90 degree angle pipe to the gutter downspout. 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. Then proceed down the trench to the first turn lay in a 90 degree elbow and cut a length of pipe to fit between it and the assembly at the downspout.
The most difficult part is digging the trench. Weisman recommends extending the trench at least 8 feet from the downspout if there s available space. Make the trench the same width as the downspout pipe and about 12 inches deep. On the house i used downspout adapters with leaf guards.
First thing first dig a trench. On the flip side burying drain pipe is more work intensive but it s a guaranteed way to keep water away. How to bury a downspout by danny donahue. We suggest topping the pipe off with a pop up emitter.
Gently insert the downspout adapter and reducer assembly into the pipe protruding from the elbow after slipping the adapter onto the downspout. To do this i cut the black corrugated pipe added a t and aimed the pipe upwards to the downspout. We found that the trench needs to be 10 12 inches deep with about a 2 inch slope. Cover the inside of the fitting with pvc cement and push it into the lower end of the gutter downspout.
Besides making sure the slope is correct you ll want to make sure the pipe run ends in a good location.