Oh man! Perfect timing! I've been needing to do the exact same thing at my home. Thanks for putting this video out - super helpful.

@jessesmithchannel

Жыл бұрын

I'd love to see a follow up Dominic-style video after you do it... Complete with a very thorough review of the bespoke, palladium coated trenching shovel you found. IYKYK

@dominicscalise

Жыл бұрын

@@jessesmithchannel Hahaha deal.

If you've got an area of your yard that can tolerate some flooding, this can allow for less stormwater runoff. A rain barrel with drain hose can slow the flow&give more time for absorption. Great video; love the corrugated drainpipe emojis!

@jessesmithchannel

Жыл бұрын

It's a very small yard with a pretty pronounced slope. Water in the yard runs off to the street or alley pretty efficiently. I am considering adding a rain barrel though.

Nice video! Can you put a list of the materials you bought please?

The dig looks perfect, any tips on how to dig it so well?

@jessesmithchannel

2 ай бұрын

Thanks! I used a trenching shovel. amzn.to/49Y3uup

Good job. I do have one question though. Why didn't you go ahead and dig the trench another 5 feet so the pop-up would be right near the road?

@jessesmithchannel

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. It's probably hard to tell on camera, but the yard slopes quite well toward the alleyway. Excess water from the sprinklers drains onto the pavement, so I figure this will too.

"Easy" says the man with no clay in his soil.

@jessesmithchannel

11 ай бұрын

Funny you should mention that! We live in an old river bottom, to anything past the first inch is thick clay soil. Digging was a bit labor intensive.

@ibealion1

11 ай бұрын

@@jessesmithchannel I dug 70 feet of ditch to lay in PVC to drain my gutters down to the storm drain. Halfway through and in the middle of fall when the clay was as hard as rock, I remembered I had a cheap chinese electric tiller. It made a perfectly flat 12 inch wide ditch for me to worth with to lay in the PVC. Only wished I had thought of it sooner.

@jessesmithchannel

11 ай бұрын

@@ibealion1 Oh man! Got a link to that tiller, or something like it?

@DforDela

8 күн бұрын

@@jessesmithchannelthey have an electric one for $140 at Menards. Can be two or one sides of tines.

I want to do something like this but live in upstate NY where we get buried with snow and below zero temps.

@jessesmithchannel

5 ай бұрын

We got down to -15 degrees F last winter. You'll be ok doing it this way.

@darkbikelife4270

5 ай бұрын

@@jessesmithchannel How would the water come out when the cap is covered by ice and snow? Are you relying on it to leach? I know it doesnt rain in the winter but ive even had issue where the end of the downspout will slowly clog with ice and then water backed up and cause the downspout to swell with ice. We see temps down to -30 and it snows almost everyday for 6 months.

Will the pop up leave water in the pipe and could cause freezing? Thanks.

@jessesmithchannel

Жыл бұрын

Good question. There's a weep hole in the bottom of the elbow, underneath the pop up, that allows water to leech out of the pipe. I'm considering swapping that for a tee fitting to get the water out of the pipe more quickly.

@Littrell1966

Жыл бұрын

@@jessesmithchannel Maybe dig down and fill with gravel like you do for a hydrant.

@jessesmithchannel

Жыл бұрын

@@Littrell1966 I've got gravel under the elbow to allow the water to drain 👍🏼

@donjones9949

Жыл бұрын

Drill a hole in the bottom of the elbow that holds the pop up so water doesn't sit there

@jessesmithchannel

Жыл бұрын

@@donjones9949 This particular pop up came with a pre-drilled elbow for that exact purpose

i wish the adapter (downspout to pvc adapter) could slide UP the downspout - as it is, it's easy to put it on the downspout from the underside, but i'm not sure it's a piece of cake to remove the downspout now - say you replace gutters, they need to pop the downspout UP onto the gutter and simultaneously down into the adapter -- i'm not sure what the solution is, here.

@jessesmithchannel

10 ай бұрын

You can remove the piece that anchors the downspout to the wall. That allows you to shift the downspout on an angle and slip the adapter on the bottom. Then just return it to vertical, and anchor it back to the wall.

DON'T TRIP LOL

@jessesmithchannel

8 ай бұрын

Noted!