You can hire a professional to dig a trench and bury a drain pipe for about 12 to 25 a foot.
How deep to bury gutter drain pipe.
A corrugated drainage pipe is also known as a french drain.
For the garage i used a downspout adapter without a leaf guard since there aren t trees close enough for that gutter to get clogged up.
We use the builders gravel in the bottom wrap shade cloth or bidem around the pipe so that it does not clog then lay the pipe on the gravel floor.
To do this i cut the black corrugated pipe added a t and aimed the pipe upwards to the downspout.
I live in sa where water is scarce.
Step 5 assemble the drain pipe.
Start laying your drain pipe by attaching a 90 degree angle pipe to the gutter downspout.
It has slots along the top side.
To avoid these problems bury your gutter downspout and direct the storm water flow away from your house.
The gutter downspout drain line needs to slope away from the house and downward at a rate of 1 8 inch descent for every 1 foot of pipe.
Since my in ground pipe ran right past the garage i had the garage downspout dump in as well.
What we do is dig a trench at least 35 x 35 cm.
If you want a neater look try burying the downspouts.
The pipe contains small holes on one side in order to allow it to absorb water from the soil.
Cover the inside of the fitting with pvc cement and push it into the lower end of the gutter downspout.
Some homeowners use gutter splash pans or downspout extensions to move the water away.