How To Install Rain Gutter Drainage

To install rain gutters first you ll need to measure the length of the roof you re working with and then purchase that many feet of gutter material from a home improvement store.

How to install rain gutter drainage.

Then using a shovel dig your trench. Apply pvc cement to the outside of each end of the cut pipe and to the inside of the elbow and adapter. Install a diverter in the downspout positioning it even with the top of the rain barrel. Set two 2 inch thick concrete pavers on the ground directly below the downspout outlet.

For every 10 feet of gutter from this measurement and mark this distance at the low end of the gutter run. You ll also need enough fascia brackets which hold up the gutter to place one every 32 inches along the roof. Set a rain barrel on top of the concrete pavers. Decide where the rain chain will be hung and install a downspout outlet in the gutter in the desired location.

Quickly insert one end of the pipe into the adapter and the remaining end into the elbow and allow the cement to set. Use wood stakes and string to mark where you should dig in a straight line. To make the french drain work the pipe needs to be sloped away from the starting point. When installing gutters set the proper slope by driving a nail 1 2 in.

To prevent erosion make a rock bed around the end of the tube. Measure and record the distance from the bottom of the fascia board to this nail. The easiest way to dig the path of the drain is to lay out the materials catch basin and pipe. Where the tube passes by the downspout from the gutter we installed a y fitting and drained the roof water from the gutter system directly into the main drainage line.

Cut a piece of pvc pipe to that measurement. Below the shingles on the high side of the gutter run. Fill the hole with the stone. Flip the pot upside down and drill a few drainage holes with a masonry drill.