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Install Buried Downspout Drainage System

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What happens here

A worker manually digs a narrow trench along the side of the house, extending from the existing downspout. Once the trench is complete, a flexible, corrugated black drainage pipe is laid into it. One end of this pipe is connected to a catch basin or adapter placed directly beneath the house's downspout. The narrator emphasizes a critical design element for cold climates like Minnesota: leaving a small air gap between the downspout and the catch basin. This gap accommodates frost expansion, preventing the buried pipe from bursting due to freezing water. After connection, the trench is backfilled with soil and leveled.

Goal: Improve backyard drainage by installing a buried downspout system.

Tools and materials

  • Catch Basin / Downspout Adapter N/A — Connecting the downspout to the buried drainage pipe
  • Downspout N/A — The existing structure collecting rainwater from the roof
  • Flexible Corrugated Drainage Pipe N/A — Channeling water away from the downspout
  • Rake N/A — Leveling the soil after the pipe installation
  • Shovel N/A — Manually digging the trench for the drainage pipe

What they say

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but on every job there always seems to be extras and this customer has a few of them of their own oh the customer asks us to bury their downspout on the side of their house and bring it to the back of their yard [Music] now what we do in minnesota may be different than what's done in other areas but we don't directly hard pipe the downspouts right underground we always leave a space and that allows for frost expansion in the early winter months if we do get a rain and then that freezes that could freeze inside of the pipe bursting it so we always leave a separation an area of separation so that that doesn't happen try to catch me [Music] another thing that we found that works pretty well for our customers is we use we use a large catch basin that allows them to pull the top off if it ever fills up with leaves and muck stick a garden hose in it and flush it out

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