Burying Downspouts.
 

Who does this? Is it the gutter guys? Is it the landscapers? Someone else?

I don't like the idea of having my downspouts just emptying out onto the driveway or into the yard. I've seen people mention that theirs are buried.

Where does the water go? Is it tied into the storm drains? I've heard mention of pop-ups in the yard.

Enlighten me, please.

We asked about it last week and were told they no longer do it. I'll be interested in responses as well.

I buried 2 of them; 1 of them I had to run under the sidewalk. Ran them to the front yard and put pop-ups on the end of them that stay closed until it rains.

Most landscaping companies can handle this for you, if you don’t want to tackle it yourself.

One suggestion is to use pvc connectors and pipe, not the cheap plastic fittings the big box stores sell.

By pop up valves, do you mean check valves or backwater valves? Didnt the contractor question you or did you do it after the closing?

This is a pop-up valve to use when burying downspouts to discharge in the yard

Thanks - its a check valve.

Not to belabor the point, but in landscaping parlance, these are referred to as pop-up’s. Check valves are used in irrigation systems.

Regardless, now the OP has an idea of what’s involved.

I could have sworn I answered this. My husband buried ours. It isn't easy because digging out reluctant sod is challenging but the ground is sandy. He was very proud of himself and I was proud of him.

OP, be careful where you relocate the drainage to. I just had to have my existing buried drain lines MOVED due to marginal drainage capability on the original installation several years ago. With the very wet summer/fall the lawn developed mold, had to have all of the sod in that area removed and resodded. I called ARC and was told I did not need approval for this work which surprised me, I also asked if the pop-up could be located close to the street and they did not care, New system seems to be working much better.

always an excellent response. you're my 'go-to' source on problems for minds greater than mine, thx Tinker!

I think both of our questions involve running the downspout runoff under the walkway so that it isnt pouring across the driveway. In our begonia, the downspout is next to the front door

Stype’s did ours, puts them under side walks

Thank you - that answers the question.

I would make sure you have slopped yard to street other wise you might create swampy area?

Mine dump out by street. Over few years they do plug up some especially if you have large trees and no eve covers along with older roof loosing sand. I use my EGO blower on turbo.

I take down spout pipe off and stick the round nozzle down the drain which fits like glove. Hit the button and water shoot up 3 feet high. Then, I reach down and plug out any debris left in the bottom. Might don’t have the pop up just grate covering the opening.

Pop up valves I bought at Lowe’s after we moved in.

At our Indiana condo, we've been taking the grate openings and opening up a number of the cross pieces to create larger openings. This makes leaves washing off the roof and into the buried downspout "wash" out through the enlarged grate openings.

They were fine for years until the debris built up with nowhere to go; so, had them disconnected.

When we had our landscaping done recently, my husband wanted French drains (buried) with popups put in and the landscaper did that for us. Of course, we have a huge drain in the street in front of our house where the water goes. Our yard also slopes slightly to the street. It's the best thing we've ever done! No more unsightly downspouts or extensions. Prior to the French drains, my husband had about an 8 ft gutter extension from the downspout out toward the street (white) to get the water away from the house and I absolutely HATED looking at that thing every day. Now both are buried underground with the popups between the house and the street. Well worth the money spent!! We used Sharp Lawn and Landscape and I think the charge for us was about $300 for labor and materials.

Pop-ups
 

I didn't want the potential for clogging etc. so we added gutters to get the drains off the driveway and the landscaped area to the sides of the house. A little more expensive than having landscapers put in the underground drains.

Craig Ciatto Landscaping does many of these 443 336-8298