Use longer extensions to make sure you re getting all that water away from your home.
Dig extended gutter downspot.
To do this i cut the black corrugated pipe added a t and aimed the pipe upwards to the downspout.
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Continue until you have completed the trench.
Start laying your drain pipe by attaching a 90 degree angle pipe to the gutter downspout.
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Clean gutters regularly to keep rainwater flowing freely.
Factors like location accessibility and landscaping come into play so it s not always a clear cut answer.
Begin digging the trench and dumping the dirt onto the cardboard.
Cover the inside of the fitting with pvc cement and push it into the lower end of the gutter downspout.
To be safe aim for a 4 foot minimum extension away from a downspout.
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Attach elbow to bottom end of downspout and connect a downspout extension to carry rainwater away from the foundation.
How far should a downspout extend from the house.
A lot of homeowners wonder how far their extensions should go.
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Since my in ground pipe ran right past the garage i had the garage downspout dump in as well.
For the garage i used a downspout adapter without a leaf guard since there aren t trees close enough for that gutter to get clogged up.
The trench should be at least 6 inches wide and slope down slightly 1 to 2 inches per length of pipe so water drains away from the downspouts.
Repeat the similar procedure for the other end of the angle to connect it to the ground pipe.
If using a splash block at end of downspout be sure the splash block and ground upon which it rests slope away from the house.
This is a trick that can make backfilling go much more smoothly later on.
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