Underground gutter drainage step 1.
How to make ground gutters.
Set the dry well in place.
Dig trenches for drainage pipe.
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Before digging call 811 to have utility lines marked.
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.
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I wanted a good way to get rainwater from the roof as far away from the house as possible.
As seen in photo 1 take an aluminum panel short ones are great for the straps and with the marker layout a rectangle 4 inches 102 mm wide and 20 inches 508 mm long as seen in photo 2.
On this project we started by digging a trench along the foundation wall 12 in.
The easiest way to dig the.
A ground gutter is similar to the french drains familiar to most builders with a few additional components.
Now that the trench is dug you can assemble the catch basin.
Deep at the front and pitching 1 4 in.
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.
This procedure is very similar to the one used in making the rain gutter.
Wide enough to catch rain falling from the eaves.
Use tin snips to cut out the rectangle.
Lower the dry well into the hole after wrapping the sides with a special silt blocking landscape fabric.
The trench is 24 in.
Per foot toward the back of the house.