How to Bury a Downspout with PVC Pipe - Easy DIY Project

In this video I make a long-needed repair at my house. I finally buried my downspout and installed a drain pipe, with a pop up grate.

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[buixote]

If you've got an area of your yard that can tolerate some flooding, this can allow for less stormwater runoff. A rain barrel with drain hose can slow the flow&give more time for absorption.

Great video; love the corrugated drainpipe emojis!

[dominicscalise]

Oh man! Perfect timing! I've been needing to do the exact same thing at my home. Thanks for putting this video out - super helpful.

[MrFlip]

Gorgeous!! That looks fantastic. Now I know what I want and needed. Thank you so very much for taking the time to make this video. I appreciate you sir. P. Colorado

[jroc]

Functional and looks great! I’m tackling this same project this weekend. Thanks for the motivation and ideas!!

[mikelane]

FYI - This is going to be SDR pipe. Sewer and Drain. When he says thinner walled PVC this is what he means. All the fittings are different than Schedule 40. You don't want to use Schedule 40 as all of that is "foam core" now and is more fragile. Ideally you want the green pipe, SDR 35.

[sonofapollo]

How many feet is the pbc pipe.
What tool did you dig the sod with?

[elliotbrewster]

This is very informative. How did the pop-up drainage attachment perform throughout winter? Was there any ice blockage? I'm not a plumber, but I'd have to imagine residual rainwater could remain in the pipe elbow for insufficient force to push upward after a storm.

[julias.]

Nice video! Can you put a list of the materials you bought please?

[Jcewazhere]

Is water just going to sit in that pipe or did you put a hole in the bottom of the 90 where the popup attaches to let it trickle out?

[piopacheco]

What did you use at transition from the aluminum gutter to the Y pvc ? Never seen that connector.

[dsmith]

Great video, are you able to clean/remove the sand/gravel that will enter the drain coming off the shingles? I’m preparing to do a similar project.

[TLBF]

"Thin stuff": does this mean you used DWV pipe or Schedule 40 (pressureizable) pipe? Thanks for posting!

[Littrell]

Will the pop up leave water in the pipe and could cause freezing? Thanks.

[darkbikelife]

I want to do something like this but live in upstate NY where we get buried with snow and below zero temps.

[ricardoruiz]

Question did you have pich a least 1/8 of an inch ? Just wondering I have the same problem I was just wondering if water is going to sit there al the time ?

[GrasshopperLawncareGA]

Good job. I do have one question though. Why didn't you go ahead and dig the trench another 5 feet so the pop-up would be right near the road?

[ibealion]

"Easy" says the man with no clay in his soil.

[Gattonerealestate]

The dig looks perfect, any tips on how to dig it so well?

[DigitalArchmage]

i wish the adapter (downspout to pvc adapter) could slide UP the downspout - as it is, it's easy to put it on the downspout from the underside, but i'm not sure it's a piece of cake to remove the downspout now - say you replace gutters, they need to pop the downspout UP onto the gutter and simultaneously down into the adapter -- i'm not sure what the solution is, here.

[joeshmoe]

Couldn't you just have done a nicer job just having the water dump on the driveway but closer to the garage? It looks like the driveway is sloped well. Anything would be better than the pop-up.