Here is one site's suggestion. What works best is the individual solution for your specific situation and what you have available. I use flat rocks from elsewhere in my yard.
Hello. Thank you for the This Old House informatio. I plan to use the flex PVC pipe (20 feet) and then use a 35 gallon PVC sump to catch and dispose of the water.
It depends on the area. They make an expandable diverter that attaches to the downspout. You can make a small rock path for the water, or they sell plastic ones. If you have outside watering needs, you could always put in a rain barrel.
we solved this by digging a shallow trench. Filled it with rocks andlinedit with cinder blocks. You have to weed periodically and rake the leaves out if you have a lot of trees.One a year on the weeding and raking did the trick.It was inexpensive and not really to labor intensive. If you have a flower bed where the spout come down just make the trench a long as the bed is wide.Only downside for us was when we got a good old Texas gullywasher we had to retrieve some of the rocks and put them back.
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Here is one site's suggestion. What works best is the individual solution for your specific situation and what you have available. I use flat rocks from elsewhere in my yard.
https://www.thisoldhouse.com/how-to/how-to-drain-downspout-water-flow-away-house
Another piece of downspout pipe or something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004P8ILPE/ref=asc_df_B004P8ILPE5345216/?tag=hyprod-20&creative=394997&creativeASIN=B004P8ILPE&linkCode=df0&hvadid=198068910902&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13296974592201613512&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9004661&hvtargid=pla-320785571255
It depends on the area. They make an expandable diverter that attaches to the downspout. You can make a small rock path for the water, or they sell plastic ones. If you have outside watering needs, you could always put in a rain barrel.
we solved this by digging a shallow trench. Filled it with rocks andlinedit with cinder blocks. You have to weed periodically and rake the leaves out if you have a lot of trees.One a year on the weeding and raking did the trick.It was inexpensive and not really to labor intensive. If you have a flower bed where the spout come down just make the trench a long as the bed is wide.Only downside for us was when we got a good old Texas gullywasher we had to retrieve some of the rocks and put them back.
4" PVC works or Corrugated flexible drain pipe it bends