Biggest Mistakes to Avoid When Installing a Underground Downspout Drain [ Gutter Drainage System ]

One of the biggest mistakes made with downspouts you go under a sidewalk and then you come up so you just create a sink trap for shingle gravel to be trapped.How's it going to get out of there? You have to run the downspout far away from the house and create slope as you run it out.

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[FRENCHDRAINMAN]

Best video on YouTube for How to Install Underground Buried Downspout System and everything and anything you can run into when buildingyour
https:://youtu.be/wawHvSs0UV4

[jeffharper]

Years ago I did Foundation water proofing. A lot of water problems came from downspout over flowing right at the base of down spouts. Get the water far away from the foundation. Wish more contractors and DIY would see this👍

[Aquaponic]

Great breakdown and explanations! Simple, clear, and useful. Excellent demonstration of why the original design was flawed and how your design addressed multiple issues. I especially appreciate your mentioning that it is more work to set up, but that the results outweigh the labor

[MarkAndersonMortgage]

I came across your channel this evening and I am thankful you are here providing such excellent education. Earlier today, I wrestled 100 feet of tightly coiled 4 inch pipe to apply a quick, temporary fix to my drainage problem. A light rain this afternoon proved this fix to be much more temporary than expected. Let's just say some desperation kicked in at this point. I thought I was going to need to search for hours to find the right videos to cobble together a path forward for me to solve my issue. The first video I came across was yours and I knew pretty early on that your material would make this a one stop shop. Well done!

[TonyMcCartney]

I refer to The French Drain Man all the time when people want to do things right!

[drumswest]

All the more reason to have a metal roof on the house. I renewed my roof with a metal one and after 9 years i hardly have much crap in my drains except from small pine needles and small tree stuff, which most is caught by the RWL guards, works great.

[tinnedanger]

Amazing. Where I live in Australia, it is law to run the "storm-water" to the street gutter with solid wall pipes . Most of the perforated pipes are used to collect ground seepage. They are wrapped in a one-way cloth to prevent soil ingression.

[kennethkennedy]

Thank you for everything you have done Robert by educating the home owner about down spouts, drains, french drains and the correct way to install and run the correct drainage systems. One again A+ video. Thank you so much. 👍🏻

[PlantGuild]

I’m 100% positive now that this is the issue that is causing my downspouts to overflow at the point that it enters the ground. You just saved me a lot of ‘figuring out’ when it comes to how to install it correctly. My side-comment joke about your video is when you emptied all of the concrete shingle debris out of the pipe and onto their nice grass “Hey, fella, couldn’t you have done that on the dirt just a few feet away instead of my grass?”😂 Awesome explanation and demonstration video. Thank you!

[ilovefunnyamvnd]

about to put in a french drain and have a gutter dump into it. I was planning on putting in a T or Y for cleanout, but didnt consider a catch basin. Glad I watched this before filling anything in!

[scottdesart]

I never realized putting in a French drain was so technical. We don’t have gutters but was contemplating on putting a French drain around my shop to prevent undermining the foundation. Now, I’ll be checking out more of your videos

[tomcole]

This makes so much sense. I see so many landscape contrtactors that charge a lot of money do that exact same thing of jus stubbing up the drain pipe. I have seen their jobs where they dont even put an end cap of some mind on the end. Next time I fid one of these when I am doing lighting I am just going to fix it while we are there

[robertshiell]

Blows my mind how many “professional” builders don’t understand that water flows downhill!!

[s.c.jenkins]

This is great, I'm pretty sure I have this exact problem, black corrugated pipe, slopes down then back up, clogged... thought it was mud but I bet it's shingle gravel... thanks for this video!

[shawnwalters]

It is such a simple concept, amazing how many people get it wrong

[joycesykes]

Great video! This information is very helpful to me, now I understand why and how rain water is backing up and flowing over the gutters on the side of the house that has a french drain. When it stops raining I'm going to fix that problem. Thanks, Joyce from Huntsville Alabama. God bless! 😊

[AdvancedLawn]

Your channel has helped our business a ton.

[seen]

In a situation like this I would use solid pipe with holes. Walking over that much hose every time you cut the grass. I would feel more comfortable with solid. But yes that house went in the wrong direction. Clearly by the shingle droppings. That’s was incredible!

[edbenson]

What a great informational video I learned so much this. Thank you.

[rookie]

The reason the original contractor installed a short U shape instead of following the grade is because it was cheap, took very little time and materials, no one was watching, there were no inspectors, and he would be long gone when the problems started. That is the definition of a “spec” build - build the home before selling it.