Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience to the community. Bravo!

Hi Chuck, thank you for all your amazing videos

I really appreciate all of your videos- thank you!

love the cool psychedelic music at the end

Thanks for sharing your knowledge Chuck. 😊🌎✨

Great video, thanks for the information!

Helpful video for a new home owner

great tips, thanks Chuck

In Australia most down pipes are always connected to the stormwater system or runs into a charged rainwater tank system

Chuck, thanks to your videos, I'll be adding a catch basin to the existing French drain at my house with a simple tee connection

@appledrains

Жыл бұрын

👍

@eddyvideostar

8 ай бұрын

To Smitty 999: The concepts are simple -- even sexy (doable) in solving salient situations. But have a mental image of the whole project; for, contractors make bundles of bread by working on the fly: "We may as well do this, that, and the other" -- running other pipes and channels into the drain system, adding costs, giving a phony "package."

Thank yo so much. Im telling my kids about you in the future

Thank you chuck for these helpful videos. I do have a problem in my yard. I tried to call several people including your office in Raleigh, NC but apparently they don’t service Wilson area. Do you you any one in this area who can help me at a reasonable price. Thank you.

My downspots seem to go into a clay drain tile total of 4 around the foundation. Not sure how deep the drain tile is but soon as there is a good rain my basement foundation leaks towards bottom of foundation wall about 5 ft down from exterior yard. I am thinking of installing the pvc method to get the water away from foundation. Home is 100 years old and didnt want to completedly seal up the clay drain tile as it could serve for other drainage styems in the whole house.

Good information, I went to the store and bought several Rain Gutter Downspout Extensions

@PhilFeedback

Ай бұрын

You are right, I have to move them every time I mow the yard

@appledrains

Ай бұрын

Nice!!!

Do you have any recommendations on going around electrical/propane/well lines to tie front and back downspouts together

We had some crawlspace work down before we moved in and they put eight-foot corrugated pipes at the end of our downspouts. Didn't bury them or anything. They're so ugly!

Mine happens to be right by our front door walkway that has cement. So we have to jump over it. It so annoying, we trip over it bringing in groceries and the kids always trip when playing and it not elderly friendly. I hate it. I don’t know what else to do. I would have to dig up the cement path to get it under ground. But I’m just a renter so I can’t. One day they will invent something so we can walk on our cement path freely. Thank you for your video.

but do you need a drain basin? If you just run the pipe under ground and bury is there a chance dirt can clog the end of it?

I appreciate the information. Didn't know the concrete under spout would let water flow back like that. Does the PVC have holes maybe several feet out from house?

@appledrains

Жыл бұрын

Hi Connie! No the PVC is solid pipe all the way out to the front. Once we’ve collected the water, that comes from the roof, we want to keep it and discharge it out at the street. Great question and thanks for your comment! Chuck

So what's the ideal solution if you have slab or post footing under the downpipe? I have this situation on my front corner verandah downpipe, just debating how to make it look the least ugly. Leaning towards catch basin, with a downpipe elbow, but I can already foresee kids tripping over it.

Hey chuck ive been watching a ton of your videos. You guys are extremely helpful. I currently have water in my crawlspace and was planning on installing a french drain with my sump pump i already have installed thanks to you! My question is my crawlspace is split into three sections do i just need to go around the perimeter or do i go around each section?

@eddyvideostar

8 ай бұрын

To Taylor: Check where the water is coming from -- and accommodate the area.

@stepside2839

6 ай бұрын

If the water in the crawl space is coming from a high water table, then you will need excavation.

Hi there, I'm just wondering with the last option, would it be better to have the inspection port vented? Or let's say that down pipe was at the start of a series of downpipes before the discharge point, would it be necessary to add a vent in at the start or at the end?

My downspout drain is where 2 roof eaves meet, and the amount of water coming down during a heavy rain is incredible. My drain is similar to your "better" configuration, but the water is coming down so quickly, with so much volume, it backflows and spills over where the metal downpipe meets the plastic extension. It seems to me the 90-degree angle of the drain is the problem. Would you agree?

What if it’s on side of house ? With just 5-10 feet between 2 houses? Which downspouts better?

Eye "soar" LOL! 😆

Hi there, like your video. One question, If I use pvc or corrugated pipe, what do I do at the end of it? Do just leave the open end there underground by itself or do I have to dig out the ground in front of the end opening for the water to go out?

@kungfoochicken08

3 ай бұрын

You need to terminate at a pop up emitter or a grate. You need to be mindful to keep a consistent slope on the pipe so you don’t have stagnant water in your line. He has some great videos on how to do a pop up emitter that doesn’t hold water

Can a leaking downspout cause flooded basement

I really wish you home maintenance or improvement YTers would share your location or USDA Hardiness zone in all your videos to help your viewers with context. I was with you and following along until you mention burying PVC - which I've read will freeze and crack in cold areas and may be a poor solution for those viewers. I need to be able to interpret these tips appropriately for my area/situation. Thanks for the video.

@Spacecadet0730

5 ай бұрын

Man, the USA is huge and has a ton of different climates. Don't be lazy. Figure that sh*t out yourself. He gave you the basis to help you, but you want everything handed to you with zero effort.

At 3:17 minutes: "A few thousand dollars" with labor costs for this underground system -- then permits and permission from the province/city to do this. Get the cheaper option.

@joelc9329

3 ай бұрын

If you need permission to do this, you should move 😆

@eddyvideostar

3 ай бұрын

@@joelc9329, I hear you. But you can't dig up the ground if you don't know what's below. This is why permission is priceless.

You forgot about simply using downspout pipe as an extension. They can quickly flip up and down when cutting the grass and look much better

I can do this chuck

Hey Chuck Great Vide: Q i live in California i have installed downspouts with a catch basin and a swamp pump but in winter when it gets really cold the water in the catch basin freezes any idea what i can do so the water doesn't freeze.

@ganeshnarayan5505

Жыл бұрын

@@cammellosaudita1376 WHAT.

@ganeshnarayan5505

Жыл бұрын

@@cammellosaudita1376 Thank you i didn't no what that was so i google it now i no what it is .

Drain out into the street with a pvc pipe? What if there’s a sidewalk

Hello Chuck. Long story short, we bought a home. Told my husband many future problems exist with this home. 3 years later, here we are. I have questions about doing this, Could you please message me?

Home Johnny Depp Oh? 😂😂😂😂 never heard anyone any home depp-oh lol

You forgot the best option, but I forgive you. White, plastic pipe sticking out of the ground on the front of an expensive house looks like cheap garbage. Quite a few companies make steel/ cast iron “ downspout boots” that can be powder coated and eliminate the “ cheap plastic” look of pvc toilet pipe on the front of a house. Check them out I think you will agree with me.

@kungfoochicken08

3 ай бұрын

You can paint PVC as well. PVC painted the same color as the foundation wall wouldn’t stick out much at all.

Bet your communications service lines are shallow enough to get hit.

The installation that I have is the ugly

*EyeSORE! Not eye SOAR. Just saying.