You will need to go to a home improvement center or other retailer that sells home renovation materials and.
How to run rain gutters underground.
Gently insert the downspout adapter and reducer assembly into the pipe protruding from the elbow after slipping the adapter onto the downspout.
Dig a trench eight to 10 feet long 12 to 14 inches deep and about six inches wide for each of the downspouts on your house.
Since it is thin aluminum.
The easiest way to dig the path of the drain is to.
Dig trenches for drainage pipe.
Attach the drainage pop up emitter.
Don t glue this joint.
Rain gutters play an essential role in collecting roof runoff during a storm.
How to put downspouts underground.
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.
Assemble and place the catch basin.
Try to drop the.
Before digging call 811 to have utility lines marked.
Downspout extensions will help your downspouts direct water to a specific place away from your home s foundation.
Connect the hose to the downspout.
If that water isn t carried far enough away from the house you risk damage to your foundation or basement.
Bury your gutter downspouts.
About an hour after finishing my gutter project this summer i tripped over one of the downspouts.