How To Recess Downspouts In About Four Minutes

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Per YouTube user BlazerLT; NOT RECOMMENDED FOR COLDER CLIMATES! Recessing downspouts is an easy way to keep rainwater away from the foundation of any building. This process eliminates the need for those unsightly and cumbersome splash blocks that are a pain to mow and trim around. Make sure that your recessed drains are always directed down-hill and that they move the water as far away from the foundation as possible.

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• Leesha
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• coal
• train
• down
• spout
• gutter
• drainage
• drain
• tile
• corrugated
• dig
• trench

[JASONCALEDONIA]

Do not try this at home folks! Not unless u want a wet basement! Lol

[LifesEyesFilms]

Actually, this is a much much more effective way to move water away from the foundation than traditional splash blocks placed under downspouts.

[allangeeizme]

DO you get freezing temperatures where you are? I'd like to do something similar but wondering what happens during the transition periods in fall and spring when you can get rain that freezes in the pipe (plugging it) and/or melting snow that refreezes.

[LifesEyesFilms]

If you live in an area that experiences long periods of freezing weather with heavy precipitation, I would not recommend this application.

[ShananagansOnYou]

Wont that get clogged ??? it's like a toilet trap.. all the leaves and twigs are going to lay inside ,,,, nahhhhh I dont like it sorry

[LifesEyesFilms]

@ShananagansOnYou Keeping your gutters clean is critical if you use this system or not. 

[bruno2260]

That pipe is going to have standing water in it, I guess mosquitoes gotta breed somewhere.

Put a vertical tee at the end of the pipe. Upside put your drain on, downside dig a little deeper and fill with rocks.

[HungryVermilingua]

1- the pipe under the ground should run further away from the house.

2- the pipe in the ground should be surrounded by gravel, to help disperse the water and to help dirt/soil from getting into the black pipe.

3- instead of the green open vent on the end of the black pipe, you can get a plastic cap that only opens or pops up under water pressure. This way water doesn't get in that way and water doesn't come out unless its raining really hard.

[fuccillo111]

2:35 is how i look when i go pee

[RainJetSprinklers]

The solution for preventing the pipe from clogging is to let the downspout empty out onto a slanted grate where the flow will wash away the leaves, rather than plumbing it into the drain system. The outfall has to be clear and should ideally daylight to the curb to ensure that the pipe flows. Pop-up emitters get stuck and promote stagnant water, no real landscaper would ever install one. The black corrugated plastic pipe is cheap junk sold to homeowners, PVC or ABS is way better.

[AdenTallon]

Thank you working on doing this to my own house and you have added in my research.

[subing4miler]

Yea I don't see the point in your drainage...what is it? 4 feet away from your house and you built the thing to collect water rather than drain it away...That thing is going to clog in a few years.

Also why did you screw the green vent down?? Those are meant to be closed under pressure...