How to Drain Downspout Water Flow Away from a House | This Old House
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- This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shares tips for draining rainwater away from your house. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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How to Drain Downspout Water Flow Away from a House | This Old House
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I personally used 4” black drain tile without holes. I dug about 10” In the ground and went 15+ ft. from my home to a spot where the ground was slopeing away. I did this In the 4 corners of my home. I did the sump pump in it’s own 4” solid drainage pipe with a fernco connector outside from 1 1/2” to 4”. I used a thicker cover (found animals eating the thin ones) to keep animals out of the pipe. I used black plastic adapters at the house, this makes the installations look professional. I live in the midwest, this has been working without a problem since 2003. I have also backfilled the foundation twice (by hand, with a wheelbarrow) because of rain and settling of the ground around the house when it was built In 2003 (my house has basement and a deep foundation). Jim
Love it that they work in all elements! ⚒️👍
Love the flip-up extension!
Regarding the drywell, We use a 'French Drain' in Florida , very similar, but, the open bottom is down into the water table which in my region (Tampa Bay) is between 6 inches and 16 feet from the surface.
Very informative, thanks for the video. The property this was filmed at looks beautiful
1:15 That's what I use. I put a piece of 2x4 under it, so it's higher by the down spot. Works great.
Appreciate the video and information... Great Resource 👍👍👍
3:52 Lada Wada
That lawn needs some fertulizah.
I moved to NC from the South Shore of Boston 7 years ago and their accents make me miss home 😅
Cleaned my gutters today a d got a good start on the downspouts. Day 2 tomorrow to finish dkwnspouts.
Show the process of the work . That’s I love watching the show.
Good tips.
Great video.
0:08
The second line of defense is a steep slope away from your foundation. Oh, look! Yayyyy!!
“Keep ya guttah clean. The watta could drain ovah heyah “.
PRETTY CLEVA
Great video, I would like to know which material plastic or metal is longer lasting when you so the extension has a hinge design? Also, a dry well is best at what distance 10'?
I love the accents!
In the second example you mentioned how water could go back and erode the soil and the houses foundation. What does a homeowner do and who do they call if the water has already eroded a chunk of foundation away with the soil?
if you live in a cold climate, the plastic accordian style tubes break after a couple years. It is better to use the metal ones right from the start if you have a nice straight shot.
I need someone who is honest to take care of my water problem.
I was told that it's better to turn a splash block around so the water runs down towards the Dam built in the splash block for the water hits at it sprays out over a broader area not just run down the ramp end of it any input on that
I like a solution made by Apple drains which uses an outside sump pit with a sump pump. While the pump is on, it pushes water to daylight and away from the house. This is usually several multiples of tens of feet away from a house. This system uses no electricity until rain starts falling down.
don't install weeping tile tell at least 10ft then install your leach field hopefully some soils like clay will have very little leaching ,then go with a drywell make sure to make it proper size most folks make it too small .
Stay away from the plastic accordion style tubes - they will break down under the sun after several years and develop tears, meaning you'll need to replace them else incur massive leaks.
oldtwins
I have had mine for 6 years with no issues.
That is exactly why I got rid of mine, I'm not running a mosquito farm.
Plastic ones last less than a year here in ND- 30 below zero makes it very brittle
Unhook'em if its not gonna rain 🤷♂️
I have a client that call me to do some plumbing, at the same time I went under the house, to locate the bathroom, when I notice that there is water under the plastic barrier, and some places are drenched with water, is like a lake under her house, What is the cause snow melted then went under, I notice that the gutter spout is at the edge of the house.
E. M. Torres needs a french drain
What if the drain field is saturated due to your neighbor's drainage soaking all the land near your house? And your grade went from negative to positive due to mud flows from your neighbor's property?
right, but what about the back of the house, how to get it to the front of the house since most houses are on a slope
They had the gutter dumping down driveway which was slippery and dangerous so I had it re-routed into my raised flowerbed which has my front walkway in front. The winter was great but when we had the rain, the basement got wet. Any other options anyone can offer?
If you can, get the re-routed pipe into your flowerbed further from the house. It's always best to put pipe underground then pipe to daylight--allowing water to leave pipe.
It looks like he put 2 collection ends and no exit??
I've always had a sneaking suspicion that Roger really wants to take Kevin out back and beat the crap out of him lol.
My housing authority has the spout straight into the ground !!! No extensions !! Might explain why the house is “sagging
There used to be downspout extensions that would roll out, like a butterfy's tongue, when filled with water. That way they'd get the water 5' away from the foundation and not interfer with lawn mowing? Anyone know if they still exist?
Yes I think you can still find them. I don’t recommend them though because it takes a lot of pressure to roll it out and your downspout could potentially back up. We at K-Bay Seamless Gutters, use Zip-Hinge. It is a hinge that attaches between your elbow and extension. When you want it out of the way, you can just flip it up. That’s my 2 cents. Good Luck 🤞🏼
The link for “hinged downspout extension,” doesn’t work.
How about downspouts that go into the ground. They go to the sewer where I live. Should they be cut and channeled away.
I kind of just want to buy a couple cisterns.
Where can i purchase the plastic flip-up elbow to fold gutter up?
Buy a 10 foot piece of downspout. Cut a piece out where it fits the old pipe and drill a stainless screw on either side to hold it on.
That way you can pivot it up and down
How common is water leaking through foundation if it goes that way ?
If rainwater dumps right next to the foundation, it is very common.
What do you think about the "Frost King Automatic Drain Away?"
It restricts the capacity of your downspout, not a good idea.
The wahta runs away from the hauss
😂😂😂😂
Wahta
why not take the water away with solid pipe? With the perforated pipe, meant for a french drain installation (not applicable here) wouldnt it simply start to saturate the ground as soon as it hits that pipe?
He was saying if you don’t have much space to get the water draining away from the house on the surface you can put the perforated line in the ground. The main thing is getting it away from the foundation.
Water will always take the path less resistance. If that pipe is pitched/sloped, the water will travel along the bottom regardless of any holes in the pipe.
wadah ?
so you can just bury that basin underground somewhere away from the house and have your gutters drain to it?
Another myth about corrugated and how it clogs. Complete opposite as it creates turbulence, a mixing process which removes the debris so much better than a smooth surface such as pvc. Installation is the key and to prevent bellying which will cause the debris to settled and can clog up.
Thanks for the info.
Looks like Roger has a bit of a limp there. Hope it's not serious!
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Is a cancer tumor
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Yard boner.
Why is it called a Dry Well if it's gonna get wet?
You build a kind of a well, but above the water table. Building exactly the same structure below the water table, and you got a good working well.
Cause it starts dry but after you work it it’ll get wet. You just have to be patient and you’ll need to take time.
Where can you purchase some of these items ?
Lowe's, Home Depot, Menards.
Have you ever seen mice go up the downspout and access to the attic?
The downspout comes from the gutters, not the attic space. Mice can climb nearly anything though.
Chipmunks and squirrels go up the downspouts, but getting into the attic requires some kind of opening into it. Critters can sometimes create those openings.
what about the ground is frozen..lol the pipe is full of solid ice and freeze n break..lol not underground..
It won't freeze, the water coming from your roof top is above freezing temperature and when you dig the pipe deep enough it only has to pass a short section of potential freezing temperatures. It will only break when you make errors laying the pipe at grade and it does not fully empty itself.
san379 fc
Daniel Rose is right, also even if it does freeze, the pipe won't burst because it's not under high pressure. Your water main pipe can burst if it freezes because it's at high pressure, so when the water turns into ice and expands, there is no room for expansion. Your drainage pipe has plenty of air space so if it freezes, it's fine.
Pp
just build a french drain
this show is like advertising to buy at your local homedepot and lowes
You gotta buy from somewhere. Your local hardware store will have just about what Depot and Lowe's sell and some cases a better hard to find option.
Gotta make money somehow. It's not like you're not learning anything.
Can’t believe you’re allowed to do this in USA, no chance you can do this in the UK
Joe H Yup. U.K is a strict country I bet.
Sounds like we can do alot of things UK can't do.
@@Paula-oo1ko It's not about what we can do that they can't as a form of "freedom". It's that us U.S. citizens are ignorant and cheap by nature. UK drains all of their rainwater from their homes directly into pipes that run into the nearest storm drain or culvert. Why? Because their people are smart enough to know and care how much rainwater can destroy a home if not properly managed, so it is mandatory on most of their homes. Especially in the city and surrounding suburbs. Builders here will build a house with no gutters, no drainage and sometimes a shitty final grade and then still charge you top dollar for a newly built home and say, "Oh, gutters, downspouts, drip edges and any type of drainage is extra." It's a cheap lazy way for track home builders to take advantage of home buyers, because most new home buyers/owners don't know any better. Especially in the south.
Why wouldn't it be allowed?
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A dry well will fail in that application...
e.g. 1" of rain in an hour...on a 1200' square foot roof.
40' × (30' ÷ 2) = 600 feet sq of roof coverage. 600' ÷ 12" = 50 square feet of water/ hour in that small dry well (smaller then a beer keg)
He didn't say that the drywall would be taking on the water from the entire roof. Just one run.
WAHTTA
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Rip rodger, you'll be missed bud!
Well he's still alive so...
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Way to overcomplicate it.
If you can do better, make a video ;)
@@venividivici4253 if I were there at that house I would make a video.