Bury In Gutter

Dig a sloping trench from your downspout to a point 8 feet away.

Bury in gutter.

Inspect the ground above the buried downspout after the first two or three substantial rainfalls. Step 3 plan the drain line. Contact the building inspections department to find out about the storm water regulations for your area. Step 4 dig a trench.

Step 1 check storm water regulations. Make sure your downspout extension and connector fit together and on your gutter. We researched how long and deep the trench should be. Gutter hangers are brackets that give gutter strength and support it s no place to skimp.

Dig a trench about 6 inches wider than the drain pipe you plan to bury and dig the hole deep enough so that the. Dig a trench along the desired route of the drain pipe. Map your downspout burial route check local rules for drainage regulations and contact your local utility offices before you dig. Use a garden spade to cut.

Depending on the slope of your gutters professionals recommend using one hanger for every 3 feet of gutter more in rainy or snowy climates. Before installing gutters rainwater from the roof fell to the ground and didn t flow anywhere before soaking in to the soil hence large spring rains lead to water in the basement. Step 2 plan around cables and pipes. Occasionally downspouts are fitted in such a way that lets the water come out of the downspout to spread into the garden with the use of an extender.

So we decided to redo the buried downspouts and replace it with something more like a french drain. The end of the trench next to the house will be 18 inches deep and the far end will be 30 inches deep. I wanted a good way to get rainwater from the roof as far away from the house as possible. How to bury a gutter downspout.

You can see how to bury a downspout just like we did before it worked but would not recommend it. Step 5 assemble the drain. Dig the trench 15 inches wide down the entire length. When looking at a house you ll see that the downspout running down from the gutters is buried in the ground.

First thing first dig a trench. We attached the extension directly to the gutter downspout. This technique solved the problem but we realized we had no way of cleaning out the pipe. However there are many good reasons why people might bury a downspout.