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How to install gutter drain lines.
I wanted a good way to get rainwater from the roof as far away from the house as possible.
Don t put pipes in un compacted fill dirt.
Underground gutter drainage step 1.
To prevent erosion make a rock bed around the end of the tube.
The easiest way to dig the.
Use solid sdr 35 pvc pipe.
Use only 45 or 22 5 degree bends underground.
How to install gutters in 8 steps 1.
Screw a drain cover over the end of the tubing as it approaches daylight to keep critters out.
Now that the trench is dug you can assemble the catch basin.
Mark the highest point of the gutter run on the fascia 1 inches below the metal drip edge flashing on the extra wide fascia shown here the gutter is lower down.
Where the tube passes by the downspout from the gutter we installed a y fitting and drained the roof water from the gutter system directly into the main drainage line.
Dig trenches for drainage pipe.
Install downspout drain line tips.
Assemble and place the catch basin.
Installation of gutter drain including downspout and hdpe triple wall pipe.
Determine what works best for your house before ordering gutters and attachments.
Snap layout lines photo by mary beth montgomery.
How to install a drain pipe in a flower bed how to unclog a landscape drain pipe the downspouts on your house s guttering system carry many gallons of rainwater off your roof and onto your yard.