Bypass My In Ground Gutter Drain

Remove the guard at the other end of the drain pipe if there is one.

Bypass my in ground gutter drain.

Place the end of a plumber s auger also known as a snake into the underground. Pull the underground drain which is often a black corrugated plastic pipe away from the end of the downspout. Turn on a garden hose to its most powerful setting and run water through the drain pipe. To do this i cut the black corrugated pipe added a t and aimed the pipe upwards to the downspout.

When leaves lay on the screens they create a flat mat of sticky debris which also aids to stop the water from entering the gutter and cause it to bypass the gutters altogether. Since my in ground pipe ran right past the garage i had the garage downspout dump in as well. Letting some of the water drain into the ground as it moves down the pipe keeps the total amount of water at the end lower which means less chance of. The water simply drains into the ground at the end of the underground downspouts.

Another quick tip when installing the underground gutter extension tubing is to use lots of perforated pipe once you re away from the house so the water can drain as it moves down the tube. Check to see if water and debris come out the other end of the pipe.