In this french drain tips video i cover some common mistakes made when installing drainage lines for gutter downspouts.
Attaching gutters to french drain.
Often when installing new drainage sy.
Begin second downspout photo by smith baer.
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.
Drainage problems in your yard can lead to pooling mold or water damage in or around your home.
Luckily you can avoid these problems by installing a french drain.
Before gathering your supplies you need to determine want size of catch basin you need an excellent resource for this is nds home drainage center after looking at this site we decided we would need two 9 9 catch basins and one 6 speed d catch basin for the areas we would be installing the underground gutter drain.
They ve had all kinds of crazy things done to them.
This time glue a sanitary t fitting to the pipe end and the other end of its trench.
I had always worried that leaves and other debris would come thru the downspout into the french drain and clog it which would be especially troublesome during.
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A french drain is a trench filled with a perforated pipe and gravel that allows water to drain naturally from your yard.
Make another adapter and reducer assembly for the second downspout.
When installing a gutter downspout drainage system be sure to avoid some of the common mistakes made.
When we recently had a house built for us the contractor directly connected the downspout into a 6 french drain system with the aluminum downspout screwed into the pvc end cap with a rectangular connector the size of the downspout.
To prevent erosion make a rock bed around the end of the tube.
The most common way to get runoff away from your lawn and underneath your yard is by constructing a french drain.
Remember a gutter downspout system is a containment sy.
A french drain is actually a network of pipes laid in trenches dug beneath the ground through which water runoff can flow.
All right so while marcello takes care of the strap on the gutter downspouts and trust me guys when you go to these jobs not all the gutter systems are in the best condition.
Continue installing pipes along the trench until you reach the second downspout.
This structure can be attached to your downspouts and will work seamlessly with your existing gutters.
