Connecting Downspout To Gutter
It helps reduce your garden s reliance on the municipal water supply reduce the runoff entering.
Connecting downspout to gutter. Once the downspout extension is cut it is ready to connect. Make another adapter and reducer assembly for the second downspout. Its easy less than 30 minutes and under 30 00 in parts. Gutters over flows add downspout to bring water down from roof faster.
Even connecting two sections of downspout to accommodate a house taller than a single story doesn t. I designed this particular gutter system to have a downspout at each end which required an end drop at each downspout location. If the downspout cannot go straight to the ground or if you want to extend the bottom away from the building s foundation you must install elbows. This time glue a sanitary t fitting to the pipe end and the other end of its trench.
Begin second downspout photo by smith baer. Water flows out of the gutter and through the downspout where it is directed onto the ground. Unless you ve decided to turn to xeriscaping collecting rainwater seems like a no brainer. Cut the end off the extension that will not be connecting to the downspout.
Watch and learn how and stop. Elbows are pre formed curved sections that connect two straight pieces of downspout together. Other than the gutter itself it requires little more than a downspout and an elbow or two. Continue installing pipes along the trench until you reach the second downspout.
Use standard couplings to connect the pipe sections. To join the end drop to the gutter or to join any gutter section to another requires a seamer the seamer is a 3 inch wide piece of aluminum in a k profile to match the gutter. Connecting a rain barrel to a downspout is a very simple and efficient way to conserve water for gardening and watering especially in drought conditions.