Bury your gutter downspouts.
How to run rain gutters underground.
If that water isn t carried far enough away from the house you risk damage to your foundation or basement.
Dig trenches for drainage pipe.
Assemble and place the catch basin.
Before digging call 811 to have utility lines marked.
Rain gutters play an essential role in collecting roof runoff during a storm.
Downspout extensions will help your downspouts direct water to a specific place away from your home s foundation.
Don t glue this joint.
You will need to go to a home improvement center or other retailer that sells home renovation materials and.
Try to drop the.
How to extend downspouts underground.
Attach the drainage 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.
Connect the hose to the downspout.
Dig a trench for the downspout extension.
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.
How to put downspouts underground.
Since it is thin aluminum.
Fasten a piece of pvc 45 degree angle joint to one end of a piece of eight to 10 foot long 4 inch diameter.