Why You Should Use Gutter Downspout Extensions

Welcome back guys. This is the tightwad and if you've been following the channel, you've noticed that I've had some ongoing water issues at my home So one of the things that I've done is to let my gutters drain directly into a storm drain So I use these sleeves and then I buried four inch corrugated pipe solid Under the ground to work as the transport for the water down to the storm drain Here's another option if you just need to run it farther away from your house Which I highly recommend is you can put one of those flexible cuffs right here at the beginning And then tie it into a four inch pipe that can go as long as you want to It's a great idea to move water away from your foundation and get it on a slope that's running away from your home So sometimes that takes about six feet But this one, I don't know if an animal got to it or if it just got too hot, but it busted So this is just a sleeve It fits over your gutter and then goes down into the corrugated drain pipe So I'm going to be replacing it today I have this one I purchased at Home Depot it adapts for the smaller gutters This piece comes off and it adapts for the size that I have but this is a little bit too long, so I'm going to have to cut my Corrugated pipe a little bit or cut this off to make it work. The first thing I'm going to do is get it fit on here And You can put a screw through these to hold them in place But since this one is just turning a corner and going right here. It shouldn't be a problem So I guess now I've got to dig up some of that corrugated drain pipe Because I really don't want to cut this because there's it's not the right size In order to get that down into there Since I'm only digging a little bit today. I'm just going to use this garden travel Around this and look it's crazy hard packed, but I should be able to loosen it up here Very easily All right, so I should be able to cut it right here, and I'm going to get my Reciprocating saw my saws all in here to cut that Because that's the easiest way to cut through this stuff really fast That's done I can just push the dirt back in to fill in around it I'm gonna have to get some dirt From behind the house because I cut out some of that big pipe and I'll have enough dirt to fill it all back in But we are done super easy project keeps water from eroding your yard And it allows you to direct water where you want it to go You have any questions put them in the comment section below and I'll make sure I respond and I hope you guys have a great day