Bury Your Gutter Downspout

If you want a neater look try burying the downspouts.

Bury your gutter downspout.

A tutorial on how to bury a gutter downspout to move water away from the house. Gutter downspouts that drain freely into a splash tray beside your house can cause serious water damage including flooding your crawl space or basement. Aug 29 2012 by matthew stock with don sulda. I ended up digging about 120 long in 4 hours.

To avoid these problems bury your gutter downspout and direct the storm water flow away from your house. And if you know my husband he was a home insurance adjuster for 5 years and worries about lots of possible losses. Expect to pay more if the route is obstructed by tree roots or pavement. Start laying your drain pipe by attaching a 90 degree angle pipe to the gutter downspout.

However there are many good reasons why people might bury a downspout. Most homeowners know it s important to move water that is discharged by their downspouts away from their foundations if they want to avoid seepage in the basement. If your yard is sloped away from the house then the slope of your trench should end at least 12 inches lower than the beginning. Repeat the similar procedure for the other end of the angle to connect it to the ground pipe.

You can hire a professional to dig a trench and bury a drain pipe for about 12 to 25 a foot. All of our gutters do not do a very good job of getting the water away from the house. Before burying your gutter downspout check with your. 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.

My solution to this problem was to ignore them as much as possible and just keep digging. Why a landscaper shouldn t install underground downspout extensions. This will really get the neighbors asking questions as it will look like your goal is to destroy your yard.