Remove the guard at the other end of the drain pipe if there is one.
How to unclog inground gutters.
To unclog a gutter downspout try your easiest options first.
Check to see if water and debris come out the other end of the pipe.
Tips on how to unclog a gutter downspout.
Place the end of a plumber s auger also known as a snake into the underground.
Disconnect the gutter downspout from where it connects to the drain pipe.
Tap the side of the downspout.
If the cage is in good shape firmly re seat it into the downspout hole.
Pull the underground drain which is often a black corrugated plastic pipe away from the end of the downspout.
If the clog occurs at the downspout cage.
Remove all the accumulated debris in the gutter.
Remove the downspout from the pipe.
Then climb back up and try rinsing the downspout with your garden hose again.
Turn on a garden hose to its most powerful setting and run water through the drain pipe.
Start by cleaning the bottom downspout opening.
Follow these suggestions to unclog your downspout starting with the easiest options first.
You have to remove the spout to access the downpipe.
Expose the bottom downspout opening divert the flow away from any landscape drain and then use a garden trowel to reach up into the opening and remove any clogged leaves and debris that could have accumulated there.
Remove and clean it.
Many homes have gutters and downspouts that are unprotected.
Either of the above scenarios however years of drainage has carried debris but the system is clogged and water can no longer enter.
These unprotected gutters allow debris small and large to enter the gutter travel down the downspout and into the in ground drainage.