Attach the hoses to the end of the gutter rain spout.
Bury your rain spout hoses to get water away from the foundation of your home. Water collecting around a home foundation causes the soil to erode away. Soggy soil creates sinkholes that could cause a partial collapse of your home. If you live in an area prone to a lot of rainfall, puddling water from rain gutters can drown out wanted vegetation. You can also use the redirected rainwater to irrigate a garden or flower bed. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Measure from the wall of the foundation out 8 feet into your yard with a tape measure. Pound a surveying stake into the ground at the 8-foot mark with a hammer. Drive in two stakes every foot along the length of the trench. Set these stakes 15 inches apart.
2. Connect the stakes with spray paint to create the trench outline. Remove the stakes after spraying the paint.
3. Dig the trench with a shovel. Dig it 18 inches deep for the first foot. Slope it downward 2 inches every foot after that, until the end of the trench is at 32 inches deep. The measurements per foot in inches are 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30 and 32. This slope will allow for proper rainwater drainage.
4. Line the bottom of the trench with a folded, 9-foot-long piece of tarp. Allow the extra foot to travel up against the foundation of the home. Cover the tarp with 3 inches of gravel. Lay the rain spout hose face-down over the gravel. Connect it to the rain gutter down spout with screws. Place the hose over the spout and thread-in the screws with a screwdriver.
5. Cover the rain hose with 3 inches of gravel and then backfill the trench with the dirt that came out of it. Pile the dirt in the trench 4 inches higher than the surrounding soil surface. The soil will settle into the trench over the next seven to 10 days. Walk over the soil to help pack it down into the trench.
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