How to install pvc pipe for drainage step 1.
Using pvc pipe for gutters.
They say it can t be done but it sure can just watch and see.
Install the gutter and run your 1 5 downspout with 90 degree or 45 degree depending on your configuration.
Make sure the pipe and 2x4 are both resting on a flat surface.
During a 1 rain event downspouts can drain 100 s of gallons of water.
Then cut the top 1 3 to 1 2 of top of the pipe off.
Drill a hole at end end of the pipe and then angle a screw through the inside of the pipe into the 2x4 to anchor the pipe to the 2x4.
Begin at the very end of where the drainage will end and set the depth on the trencher to 16 inches.
Gutter downspout drainage is a very important aspect of any landscape drainage design.
Lay the 2x4 next to the pipe.
Tip for ripping pvc pipe on a table saw.
A downspout would be very simple to make as well just simply glue in two end caps and a 3 x3 x1 5 tee to your 3 pvc pipe.
Start from the location of the down spout on the gutter system and mark the desired path of the pvc drainage.
Use a 2x4 as your guide.
In my wife s village near madang papua new guinea they always use pvc pipe for guttering on corrugated iron roofs.