How To Bury Gutter Downspouts

Gutter downspouts that drain freely into a splash tray beside your house can cause serious water damage including flooding your crawl space or basement.

How to bury gutter 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. On the house i used downspout adapters with leaf guards. Dig the trench 15 inches wide down the entire length. Use your tape measure to periodically check of the width and depth of the trench.

Weisman recommends extending the trench at least 8 feet from the downspout if there s available space. Dig a trench along the desired route of the drain pipe. The most difficult part is digging the trench. We suggest topping the pipe off with a pop up emitter.

Take your sheet metal screws i found them in the gutter section at our local hardware store and drill them into the connector and the gutter. Dig a sloping trench from your downspout to a point 8 feet away. On the flip side burying drain pipe is more work intensive but it s a guaranteed way to keep water away. The end of the trench next to the house will be 18 inches deep and the far end will be 30 inches deep.

Since my in ground pipe ran right past the garage i had the garage downspout dump in as well. To do this i cut the black corrugated pipe added a t and aimed the pipe upwards to the downspout. To avoid these problems bury your gutter downspout and direct the storm water flow away from your house. Start laying your drain pipe by attaching a 90 degree angle pipe to the gutter downspout.

Now time to screw them into place. Have your downspout extension and connector together then place on your gutter. Besides making sure the slope is correct you ll want to make sure the pipe run ends in a good location.