The pipe contains small holes on one side in order to allow it to absorb water from the soil.
How deep to bury gutter drain pipe.
The golf courses here use a similar black pipe for drainage.
We use the builders gravel in the bottom wrap shade cloth or bidem around the pipe so that it does not clog then lay the pipe on the gravel floor.
It has slots along the top side.
Repeat the similar procedure for the other end of the angle to connect it to the ground pipe.
For the garage i used a downspout adapter without a leaf guard since there aren t trees close enough for that gutter to get clogged up.
To avoid these problems bury your gutter downspout and direct the storm water flow away from your house.
Since my in ground pipe ran right past the garage i had the garage downspout dump in as well.
I live in sa where water is scarce.
Some homeowners use gutter splash pans or downspout extensions to move the water away.
If you want a neater look try burying the downspouts.
You can hire a professional to dig a trench and bury a drain pipe for about 12 to 25 a foot.
To do this i cut the black corrugated pipe added a t and aimed the pipe upwards to the downspout.
What we do is dig a trench at least 35 x 35 cm.
Cover the inside of the fitting with pvc cement and push it into the lower end of the gutter downspout.
The gutter downspout drain line needs to slope away from the house and downward at a rate of 1 8 inch descent for every 1 foot of pipe.
A corrugated drainage pipe is also known as a french drain.