Secure the gutters to the fascia brackets using machine screws.
How to install gutters underground.
Dig a trench eight to 10 feet long 12 to 14 inches deep and about six inches wide for each of the downspouts on your house.
Lay out the trench photo by smith baer.
Assemble and place the catch basin.
Lower the dry well into the hole after wrapping the sides with a special silt blocking landscape fabric.
Fasten a piece of pvc 45 degree angle joint to one end of a piece of eight to 10 foot long 4 inch diameter.
Digging the trench laying the pipe and backfilling with soil.
Of insertion on one end.
Afterward insert a 1 inch 2 5 cm 8 32 stainless steel machine screw through the hole and cap it with a flanged nut to secure the gutter to the bracket.
It s typically done in three phases.
Read on to learn how to expend your downspout in 10 steps.
Use an electric drill to create a 3 16 inch 0 48 cm diameter hole into the front side of the gutter.
Measure the distance between these fittings and cut a short length of downspout to join the allowing for about 1 1 2 in.
Set the dry well in place.
Now that the trench is dug you can assemble the catch basin.
I wanted a good way to get rainwater from the roof as far away from the house as possible.
Underground gutter drainage step 1.
The easiest way to dig the.
Installing drainage pipe is a straightforward job that any homeowner can handle.
To tuck the fabric under the dry well top cover loosen the screws push an inch of fabric under the cover then re tighten the screws.
Before digging call 811 to have utility lines marked.
Try to drop the.
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.
Dig trenches for drainage pipe.
Use a string and 1x2 stakes to lay out the trench.