Downspout Drain Lines

Most houses I have lived in the gutter downspout ended in a concrete pan that directed the water away from the house.

Our new house will move the rainwater away from the house through buried drain pipe. This is how they put in the downspout drain lines.

Downspout Drain Line – Project Small House — Downspout Drain Line

When we dropped by on Monday, they had already come and gone. Some of the pipe was in and more materials were in the garage.

Drain lines out to the gully. They aren't done yet. - Downspout Drain Lines– Project Small House — Drain lines out to the gully. They aren’t done yet.

They had dug trenches and laid pipe from the corners of our house to the gully in back.

Digging the Downspout Drain Lines– Project Small House — Digging the last downspout drain line – Project Small House

Today they were finishing the last one when we got there.

We had the utilities marked earlier, so we knew nothing was in the way.

The trench was a lot wider than it needed to be, since they used the back hoe.

Then the smoothed the area.

They accidentally filled back in one of the holes the guys building the porch had dug to reach the pier.

Large roll of PVC drain pipe left the garage - Downspout Drain Lines– Project Small House — Large roll of PVC drain pipe left the garage

They aren’t done yet. There is a large roll of PVC drain pipe left the garage.

They must be coming back. They left materials laying around. - Downspout Drain Lines– Project Small House — They must be coming back. They left materials laying around.

And there are still some large splits and elbows in the yard and in the garage.

Lane 4 x 100 Recycled Underdrain Lane Enterprises, Inc Over 75 Years of Service in the Drainage Business - Downspout Drain Line – Project Small House — Lane 4 x 100 Recycled Underdrain
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Over 75 Years of Service in the Drainage Business

We found these labels in the yard. This is probably from our pipe or they might be from next door.

Our neighbor directed his drainpipe onto our property. Cliff fumes about it every time he sees it. I think that it is just not a big enough deal to start a fight with the neighbor about.

The downspouts are trimmed and buried where they exit into the gully. - Installing the Pump and More Grading - Project Small House — The downspouts are trimmed and buried where they exit into the gully.

The next day they came out and finished the drainpipes.

They buried the piers for the porches. They had just dug them all out and now they will have to do it again.

The downspout pipe is buried and he is grading over where they dug the trenches - Installing the Pump and More Grading - Project Small House — The downspout pipe is buried and he is grading over where they dug the trenches

They buried everything and graded over it. The graded more between the driveway and the house to make sure the water will move in the right direction.

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