Installing underground gutter downspout drains!
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- Опубліковано 29 січ 2022
- In this episode I install underground gutter drains in an attempt to get water away from the pole barn house posts and foundation.
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Those downspouts were so unsightly and now just disappear. Great job! A lot of work but it will have long-term benefits.
You should always try to drill a hole on the elbow that attaches to the pop up and put gravel on the bottom, otherwise the water left over there will be a petri dish in between rains, dead bugs perfume
I did drill holes on the white elbows, the black elbows already came with a slot in them.
@@TKCL Great job on this whole install - this is beyond the typical DIY city dweller, clearly you are Country :)
One thing that also wanted to ask you, why didn't you add some intermediate catch basins? Your PVC runs are very lengthy and if you ever need to clean them, it would be impossible. Catch basins in between would have allowed the surface water to drain faster and also provide you with the opportunity to stick a hose and flush any debris.
I have a 100ft snake that I can run in from any end or downspout.
Real good idea Andrew preventive maintenance. That really cleans it up also looks nice and tidy. Your always one step ahead. I just love what your doing with your whole property and you make it very interesting, Thank you. Take care. 🇨🇦
Thank you very much for the kind words!
AWESOME!!!!! You always think things through! The Fat Max PVC hand saw make quick work for a cheap price. See ya'll tonight!
See you then
Nice plug for Arm’s Family Homestead. Keep up the good work.
I'd continue those two pipes way beyond the septic system and install a little gravel around the green cap gizmos so you have no upkeep what so ever. Looks outstanding though..will be awesome to see grass everywhere instead of sand! My Ohio land is all hardpacked rock, gravel and sand. I envy you your sand.. :)
Much neater burying the pipes to rain spouts 👍🏻. Might have to do this to one of the corners of our house
Hi Andrew, I admire how you did not rush into this project. First you put some thought into it then got a second opinion. Very smart decision with the perfect result you need for your property. Always awesome content on your channel. God Bless.
Thank you, God bless!
This is nice. I've been planning to do this for our house. I have a subsoiler, but need to order that wider tooth attachment for it.
This has been working out perfectly for us.
Finally someone who gets the pipe nice and deep. Good job.
It's easy to get the pipe deep when you start on top of a hill. Then again, most houses on top of a hill don't need underground drainage.
great video
Thank you for watching
Great work Andrew. That makes it look 100% better.
Thank you
What I love about your videos is that you are not just on one thing. You have such a variety of information on your videos and especially about your house build I'm getting addicted to your channel.
Awesome! Great job!
Thank you
What a great idea. Will look great when the grass comes back.
Nice clean look with your downspouts straight into the ground.
I think so too!
Gotta remember the level at the top of the pop up is the level the pipes need to be before water starts to flow out of the pop up and that looks like it would be the entire length of pipe. If it were me I'd just have an open ended pipe so water flows directly onto the yard horizontally. Pops up are used to relieve pressure in instances like being after a rain infiltration reservoir tank in case there is to much water and not used as a primary means of discharge. As water would drain slowly under the rain garden/infiltration once rain stopped and not leave the pipes filled up. Your lowest point in drainage has to be open or else sediment will build up in the pipe.
He done a lot of right things. Schedule 40 and sloping away downhill to open low field all spot on. Agree with the pop up devises. The stream from heavy rains will pop them off, plus any debris will collect there. Running horizontal exits with large stone or brick under exits will disperse heavy flow. But main thing is he’s got a huge side yard to park and dispose the rain water. Gate City Drainage a great UA-cam site for drainage issues.
@@MikeZMonroe Gate city drainage...YES. Great guy.
Only the last few feet will hold water due to the slope in the pipes. With that said there will always be water in the end and elbows. Not a concern with zero ground freezing in Florida.
I would put a screw on the side of the pop-up to keep from the mower pulling them up out of the pipe. Maybe a clean out on the upper end of long run. You know your property, I know I would never put that much water close to my drain field but I have red clay it doesn't take water well. Hope you talked with Jason at Cog Hill
I talked with my septic installer before proceeding, we have extremely well draining soil and he didn't seem concerned. The screw technique has already been on my mind. I sent them a comment on one video, never seen a email or anything else.
Great job! You've thought of everything! All contractors should be this thorough!
Interesting video. We have loved watching you build your home.
Thank you for watching and the support!
Awesome Andrew. You have good ideas.
Thank you for watching
Nice job! I was grabbing the garden hose while you were filling in the trenches!! Nice outcome; liking your open mind throughout the build; work with what ya got plan the work and modify the plan as needed!!
Thanks for sharing this video and information I will get some of the pop up
Glad I could help
Love this idea!!!!
Love the plow excellent install
Can’t wait to see them in action!
Me too!
I believe the way you’ve got that system set up will work great.👍🏻
Other than some erosion I think so too.
You definitely have the knowledge...
Hey Andrew, when you add a 45 to the wye like that it makes a combo (typically a wye and a street 45). You can get 4" DWV combos. Although, sometimes when you use the wye and 45 it is nice that you can lengthen the combo with a piece in between.
That will be a nice house when its done. 😀
Looks great! Weed eater will do the trick to knock the grass back when it starts crowding the pop up drains.
GREAT PROJECT!
Fresh water is a huge resource especially the high frequency of rain in Florida. Have you considered getting huge plastic tanks and sink then into the ground? If someone contaminated the freshwater lakes you and your family would be safe and self sustaining.
We live on an island and that is how we catch our fresh water for our homes.
It's possible to do, but luckily we are very rural here, little to no risk for contamination.
Thank you for showing all this...I was very curious about how you were going to handle the run off...looks like a great way to do it :)
Thank you for watching
If you take a shingle and cut hole in it and put your pop up in it the grass won't grow up over it and it will alow it to pop up easy. And you won't have too weedeating around them.
Adam, nice work on the rain gutter drainage project. Florida sand makes for some easy digging. Yes it was cold very yesterday here in the Fl panhandle. It bottomed out at 23.0° here last night just north of Panama City.
22 at our place, woke up to frozen water lines and drains in the camper. Even with heat lamps and dripping the faucets 😡
@@TKCL sorry to hear that. Frozen pipes are no fun at all. Fortunately frozen pipes in Florida are generally few and far between episodes. Back in the early 80’s we had an especially hard cold snap the week of Christmas across the Panhandle . My father was the superintendent of the counties freshwater treatment plant at the time. At the time the plant was designed to treat and supply a maximum of around 15 million gallons of water a day. As the cold temps settled in, the volume of water leaving the plant trickled down to a historic low Gallons per Day. The freeze we had lasted for several days and we got into the single digits for a couple of days and the daytime temps didn’t get above 32°.
When the temps finally warmed up above freezing, they thought they had a major water line that had busted as they had over 25 million gallons of water leaving the plant. It was running way over capacity for its design at the time.
Turns out it was a combination of all of the pipes that froze and busted across the county that began flowing wide open as result of the extreme cold. I believe it was 1982 when this happened.
I remember the 80s being especially cold!
Hi, Andrew! As always, your project is well planned and completed. I am ready for today’s livestream.
Thank you
Finish blade on a crosscut saw. Quick way to get perfectly square cuts.
I've been looking for a good solution to a couple downspouts. I think I'm going to borrow the population emitter idea. Tha ks!
I just use whatever the heck sawblade -rough cut lumber one-is on my miter saw. Bring the blade down slowly and you get a nice cut with no problems.
Looks great! I use those same pop-ups for my french drain. Just be careful using a mulching mower, it'll suck the pop-up portion right off. I too didn't glue mine down for the exact same reason. Glad i didn't cause I've had to replace mine 3-4 time now because of my mower.
I'm going to screw them in from the side.
The drain pipe pop up from the far end of the house should have stopped a couple of feet short of where it is. Separating the pop ups would further distribute the water better instead of both together. Nice job on design and install.
Andrew should work great in FL. I would caution anyone that has snow and freezing temps to avoid. Mine froze, after heavy snow and resulting melting roof snow runoff had no escape route and drain gutters filled with water, froze during the cold nights and got double ugly. A lot of weight on gutters, but beautiful ice circles.🙏
Yes I agree it's a southern technique. These pipes always hold water at the elbows, not good for freezing areas.
That's a nice ripper tooth set up for the tractor 👍🏽
It's very helpful
That looks really nice, Andrew. Good Job ):
Thank you
Really neat work! Like the way you think a head! One thing I had trouble with! I live in sandy soil also and had trouble with tree roots that had grown in my drain field on my septic system! I thought I had planted them far enough away! But, I was wrong. 15 years later I was having to replace the drain field. Needless to say, I cut all the trees! Just wanted to share!
I agree tree roots can wreak havac on a drain field.
I think you just gave me an idea for my gutters
I use my 12" miter saw to cut pvc pipe, it cuts clean and square.
Some of those rubberized tree rings they have at the big box store would work well to prevent erosion.
Might not be a big deal for you in Florida, but having a a wye were the gutters enter the ground just in case pipe in the ground gets clogged or frozen. Usually its attached just above grade and then the elbow to turn horizontal so the wye is pointed up. It is a form of plumbing after all so why not install a cleanout for it. The wye is usually capped with a screen or a have holes drilled with a screwed in cap.
Understandable, but I can easily remove that bottom metal piece for cleaning as well. No tree leaves around and freezing isn't a problem here.
@@TKCL after seeing that smaller piece, id thought this would be your answer. Looks fantastic hidden like that. Very clean look. Might not have any trees directly adjacent, but its the wind blown debris thats ones gots to look out, and critter/bird supplied stuffs.
How about gravel under the pop up and a few small holes drilled in bottom 90 so water does not stay in pipe
I agree, pea gravel would be excellent. I forgot to show it but the black elbows already were pre drilled for draining underground.
We had a pop up for water draining off our in-ground pool surround/patio/decking area and it worked great. Only issue we had is the dogs figured out how to use it as a chew toy so we had to replace it several times. Also you will have to trim grass from around them and in them, the pop ups almost work like an aquaponics do, at least that happened with us. Just check them as you mow to figure out if it will be weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, etc type of trimming/clean out.
I'll make it a habit on my weed eating routine.
Use "Post Protectors" brand sleaves on your 4x4 or 6x6 poles for lifetime protection.
My old house in Illinois was 2600 ft.² with a huge roof. We tried everything including the pop-up drains, it worked well for about a year. We dug and put gravel in and used field tiles to get it away from the house but it was all pretty temporary. You’ll do better because you’ve got sandy soil we had clay but in the end pop-ups broke and would stick up and eventually the mower destroyed them and I found that with this kind of stuff it usually sort of figures itself out, I would do the PVC in the deep area to get it away from the house and then field tile and it will create a little hole in the lawn if it needs to but the grass usually hides it but as long as you can get the water 15 or 20 feet away from the house you’re pretty good what I found most people do is just use an adapter on the end and switch to field tile to get it away from the house if the ends pop up the mower will cut it nice and clean and dig without a song cracking the pipes. If you have more slope There are other options but basically if you can get it 15 or 20 feet from the house And the yard is graded well that’ll work well. I think what you’ve done will be more than enough.
One suggestion, which is too late now, I found that the pop-ups held a lot of water in them and at ground level I just ended up drilling a hole in the bottom so the water can drain out slowly so it doesn’t grow a bunch of scum and build up in there. Eventually They kind of feel apart anyway So it didn’t matter but You’re using the PVC, So you might want to just get a long drill bit and put a little hole in the bottom so water will leak out after it stops raining, that will also help keep it from freezing hopefully.
Not too late at all to drill a hole. That's really only needed for freezing climates though. I can always dig up the ends and try a new approach.
@@TKCL It will work, the only problem I found is that the water gets kind of gross sitting down inside and as you mow and everything stuff gets stuck in the lid and holds it open and eventually driving the mower over it messed it up. I replaced it once but when it broke again I just left it open and eventually the grass just kind of grew over it and you could barely see it anyway, the other one I did with field tile on iPhone kept clogging up so I dug it up and just left it on top of the ground and ran over it with the mower which trimmed it to ground level and I just left it after that. Lol As long as the water gets away from the house that’s what really matters
Another great video Andrew 👍 Those NDS pop-up emitters can hold the weight of a lawn mower but I strongly advise you not to drive over them due to the vacuum that's created by the blades, will lift them and cut them off. I know this because I've cut off about four of them in my yard lol. Keep up the good work.
I'll shoot a screw into the sides of them to alleviate that problem.
@@TKCL Andrew that's not going to help. I'm talking about the pop-up itself being sucked up by vacuum and then hacked off by the blades.
@@workingmanrondoyle3287 ohhhhh, good point. They do make a spring loaded version, I'll move to that if I start having issues. I mow pretty high anyway.
For the soil around the pop ups, you could use a straw erosion control blanket until the grass takes.
Or pea gravel, good idea.
The suction from the mower can actually lift the pop-up up. I have broken two of those by running over it with a mower.
They make a spring loaded version now, I'll replace with those if I have that problem.
Hey Andrew. Just saw this video, was gone for a bit and am catching up. Those pop-up fittings are also available at Lowes. They're what I used to pipe the gutter water out away from the house. Just an FYI on them. After a few years, the grass will actually get thicker and will grow over them. Once that happens they no longer pop up and you get back flow at the downspout area. It's fairly easy to clean the grass away, but, it's grown over, where the heck are they? So first make sure you take a few measurements and write down where they are so you can find them again and when you do your mowing take a weed wacker around them every now and then. Looks great.
Thanks for the tips!
About 5 years ago, I did the exact same thing, but all our water travels about 120 feet away from our place and into our pond. During a very hard down-pour, it's amazing how much water is coming through my 4" pipe into the pond. The water going into the pond is from the back of our house and large back porch... roughly 1900 sq feet of roof; two down spouts converging into a single 4" pipe. When I was putting it in, I was wondering if my down-grade was enough to keep the water from backing up. It is, but just barely. During the hardest of downpours, I've seen water coming out of the part where the aluminum down spout connects to the PCV adaptor. It'll be interesting to see those pop-up's during a hard downpour. 👍
That's why I doubled up to 2 4 inch lines, I think it will be sufficient.
My only concern is as you mentioned, erosion around the pop ups. I have a place where 2 downspouts go Into 1 pop up and experienced too much erosion. If it does become a problem (hope not) i would leave the pop ups but continue the drains 60 feet using the perforated black drain tile wrapped in popcorn peanuts with mesh (no rock needed). This should regulate the use of the pop ups to only an over abundant rain. The downspouts to pvc is how mine are. Great job as always!
Good idea
Hey Andrew how's it going buddy. Man that was awesome watching you put that in the ground. Doing something like that is really simple and easy to do. I had to do the same thing 10 years ago in the front of my house and I haven't had a problem with it yet. I ran my piping down the side of my driveway into the Street curb and that's where it drains out that. How you been handling the cold down there. It's a warming 29° degrees right now. Not even above freezing. I'm about to go see if I can start my truck 🚛 up for a lil bit & let it run for a lil while. You take it easy buddy and I hope you're staying warm.
Was 22 this morning and woke up to frozen pipes in the camper 😬. Take care!
Good evening Andrew. I have not read all of the comments, so if I am asking something that has already been asked I apologize. What type of tree is that young tree planted near your septic tank and drain field? From what I can see it looks maybe like an oak tree. If it is may I say from experience, the roots from an oak will be all in your drain field. Food for thought 🤔. Keep up the excellent work and videos. Fan for life. 😀
It is a nutall oak. I'm a little worried about that myself.
@@TKCL If it were me I would remove it along with any other trees from the area of your drain field. I am just making a suggestion as I am not an expert on tree roots. Maybe one of your friends would he able to advise you better than I can.. I can only speak from experience of having to replace my drain field. Trees are much easier to remove when they are small like that.. Love your channel.
Interested in seeing the results when there is a downpour. I need to do something with my popups. They freeze up in the winter. When snow melts on the roof the melt has nowhere to go but the base of the downspout where it refreezes.
I can see them being a problem in areas with ground freezing.
Whaat?! You didn't buy a new tool to cut the pipes? That's a sacrifice:))) Looks great, sure it will work as well!
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You could always add some pea gravel around the outlets until the grass comes up.
I think I will
Hey Andrew, have you considered doing rain catchment at all? With the space yall have you’d be able to store it well with this type of system.
Thanks for all your stuff!!
No I haven't, living in Florida it's rare I water anything due to all the rain we get.
Andrew, why not get a pallet of sod, jus enough to do a strip of sod on the 2 sides & the back end of your house next to your concrete pad where you have the pine needles at & around your 5 popups. One piece of sod is usually 20' wide & about 40' inches long. Then plant the same type of seed the sod is when the time comes, that would keep the rain from washing your seed & dirt away around the popups when the grass seed is trying to sprout, It's an thought bc of all the rain you get.
Because that will eventually become a mulch and flower bed.
You could try seeding with winter rye to help with washout until you reseed in spring.
Good point
How about adding some rain barrels for watering plants and garden?
It's a thought
You mention a sawzall....do you have a cordless skillsaw? That's what I use to cut PVC pipe--Dewalt 20V. Clean straight cuts...even with the 4" and 6" sewage and drain pipe.
Yes I do, do you turn your blade backwards?
@@TKCL No. Cut it same as wood. For 2", perfect every time. For larger pipe, helps to write a line to follow. Smooth cut...no chips. Try it on some scrap.
I know it's too late now but a miter saw works great for making clean Square cuts with pvc
It's nice to have a saw in the field for quick cuts. But yes a miter saw works well.
we need video during hurricane
Next heavy downpour I'll try to capture it.
Looks good. My only concern is not gluing the pop ups on the pipes is the suction from the lawnmower going over them sucking the pop up off and destroying them. Might be worth a test just to see.
No problem, I can shoot a screw into the side to hold them. Eventually they will crack and need to be able to be replaced.
@@TKCL good idea. I agree on keeping them where they can be replaced when needed and a screw will secure it if they need it.
My only suggestion would've been to use long-sweep 90s instead of standard 90s. Nice work overall!
Those definitely are better, but 4 inch pipe for two spouts is plenty adequate for flow, I don't believe the hard 90s will ever back me up.
Sure! Its easy when you a have tractor. I just have a shovel!
Rent a trencher for a day, very affordable.
I assume the reason for having one pipe for 2 gutters is because of the huge volume of rain you guys get from the hurricanes, etc? You do such good work. The drain pipes are not as noticeable now you have finished. Please try and film them working when you have heavy rain. I know you will get very wet, but I would love to watch them work. Thank you my friend.
Yes 4 downspouts to one 4 inch line would overload it.
Could have run them into a Cistern for storage
Florida my friend, we get a lot of rain! Storage isn't on my mine for breeding mosquitoes, algae and we just get enough natural rain to never need to water much at all.
I thought should have not used the short piece of down spout and elbow. For fear of rust … being buried. Should have been all pvc.
Clean out. At start of pipe to prevent future issues ie bird’s nest block pipe. The way I seen it done. Downspout into adapter into 45 Y the top of Y 1 side up to gutters other top of Y to clean out just bury cap so blocked little shovel down to cap to clear out
No issues with aluminum rusting. I can also remove that piece for cleaning.
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We just built a house in South Texas and our "dirt" is the same consistancy of yours. Once we get the gutters on the house, I now have some good ideas of how to divert the water from the foundation. Nice job on your install too. Were you able to eliminate the errosion issue at the pop-ups?
Yes once grass rooted around the pop-ups erosion has vanished.
Fantastic video, really helped me in my project planning. It's been a year, did you ever find a need for cleanout openings at any of your elbows (either the ones at the bottom of your gutters, or ones where you connected to the main drain pipe?
No need in my situation, still working perfectly.
Not buying the sawsall or any other tools do you want is just crazy talk. 😂😂😂
Lol crazy stay out of debt talk 😉
@@TKCL 😂😂 well there are some staples that you just have to have like food water and tools and maybe even shelter. 😂😂
What a great video getting to use your tractor while working on the house you can’t get much better than that.
Andrew question was it an option for you to get those plastic sleeves that go on the timber that go in the ground like they used on Cog hill. Just curious
I wasn't offended that option, you hear so many theories about it.
Andrew, Another great video I like your idea, I enjoy your content have a great day. Are you going to do a live today?
Yes we are doing our best to be free for the live stream.
@@TKCL Cool I’ll be watching, I always enjoy live stream.
Sorry I yelled at you when you did the first run close to the sewer line. I totally can see you under an umbrella during a storm watching those pop ups 😂
I'll be out there!
Great video, well are great videos. I do have a question, why not drop a 5000 gal poly tank and collect rain water? Being originally from Tallahassee, I realize how much rain you get but that at least gives you some back up IF you have a well issue and it takes a couple of days to get it back on line. I’m sure I am just extra cautious considering I live in the Texas Hill Country and we have been in a drought for years and value water.
Just been so spoiled with constant rain it's never been a concern to store it.
Is the discharge too close to drain field? I need to do the same but septic drain field is close.
No I talked with my septic installer about these before starting my project.
Every time I comment like this I feel like I'm pissing in your oatmeal but I agree with the man that stated the pop-ups are bad idea your pipes are going to constantly be full of water which is going to give you sediment issues and a good breeding ground for mosquitoes. I also am not so sure about having your one side of your roof drainage heading right into your leach field area I'm not sure if your sewer inspector would approve that.
I am very thorough and already asked about this area I'm draining before ever attempting this project. My perk tests show excellent draining and after speaking with the septic installer he had zero concerns of that area not being able to handle the runoff and drainage. The pop ups seal back down. That small area does not concern me for mosquitoes finding a way in and breeding. I have ponds and water all over my property, far more mosquitoes breeding there.
Question. Any reason you could not run the pipe directly under the downspouts against the foundation and then out to your pop up? Less digging and less material cost. If there is a reason to avoid this method, I am unaware. Will be working on this this fall. Thanks!
You definitely don't want to disturb your foundation and footer, that's asking for trouble. That area should stay compacted.
@@TKCL What if that area is already eroded due to water from the gutters?
I'd still never disturb anymore soil than needed. Replace and pack soil immediately around your foundation, this is one of the many reasons rain runoff is so important to control.
im thinking of doing the same thing but it bothers me that the pipes are laid over dirt and not compacted rock. I know you have many feet of fall over time couldnt the dirt move/ settle and put weird pressure on your pipes?
I suppose it could but it's over 3 ft of fall from the first pipe to the exit on the long run. Some weird stuff would have to happen.
For those popups, make sure to attach them some way. I have had my mower suck them up and destroy them.
Also to help prevent the water sitting at the ends breeding mosquitoes, drill a hole at the bottom of the 90 so the water will drain out.
I forgot to show it, but the 45s have a slit in the bottom. So that must be what it's for.
Nice! Personally all that sandy soil around your house keys on my paranoia. The only change I would add (on my list of things for a house down there should I be able to move there in a couple years) is some french drains around your house also leading into that system. But that's just my paranoia.
On the output areas around where the water comes out and you see the erosion. Didn't you say that you have some heavy clay like soil somewhere on your property? Get some of that and replace the sandy soil around your outputs for say a 1 meter radius. Embed some rocks in the surface. That should not only resist erosion but be a much better material for grass roots to cling, resist the water and grow thicker around those outputs.
Yes I have several spots on the property with red clay, it might be time to dig some up.
****** Water Exit ****** there is an excellent UA-cam channel regarding water removal from foundations, extreme puddling, flooding etc. Gate City foundation drainage. You’ve essentially duplicated his best practices. You did not use the black plastic corrugated crap, it collects debris over time due to ridges low water flow. He uses the schedule 40 white plastic pipe as you did. Your exit of water during heavy rains will likely pop off the green covers. Exiting into rip rap might be your next consideration.
I've watched some of his videos before, very informative.
Don't know why you don't just eliminate the pop-ups and terminate the pipe with perf pipe underground in a gravel bed. After all that where the water is going to end up!
As stated in the video the extra digging and expense of gravel isn't necessary when I have a huge yard that drains well.
Should you not have created a felrench drain? So to spread the load of water?
Not a concern in Sandy Florida soil. Our drainage is excellent
@@TKCL if you saw our soil you would have to shake your head. We got mostly clay. Glaise. Sometimes so wet and dense it becomes reduculous with winter freeze that hydrofreeze and lifts posts out of the ground... pressures foundations to crack....
Do you even know what a rock looks like?
Sure don't! 🤣 Love not having any
You terminated the pipes for the first side right near your septic tank, with it being such sandy soil is there any concern with the extra water causing liquefaction which might make the heavy tank sink?
No I talked to my septic installer about this, he had no concerns.
@@TKCL ah right on. Only other thought was the metal gutter piece being in contact with the ground. I know its galvinized and such but still seems like that might not last as long as the rest of the down spout. Either way looks good and those popup things are genius.
I was told all the gutter materials were aluminum, sure feels like aluminum.
@@TKCL ah duh lol you probably right. Hard to pick up on that on video.
Did you measure your fall when you laid your pipe?
No need, property slopes 3ft downhill from the back of the house to the front.
Good job, how much did cost this project?
Pipe was around $600 if I remember correctly. The gutters, down spouts an pipe was well over $2k.
Wouldn't it be better if long run at angle for drainage
It would help yes, but two gutters per 4 inch line should be plenty effective.
Why didn’t you put and clean outs on the pipes?
They look horrible, stick out to where the mower can hit them. Most importantly I don't have any trees with leaves around to cause a problem, I can remove the gutter downspout if needed for cleaning.
Why do you let the rainwater seep away instead of collecting it in a cistern?
Florida, we get feet of rain every year. I don't water my yard or have any flowers ect.
Who plays that cool music?
Don't remember, I buy a music license from Epidemic sounds.