To tuck the fabric under the dry well top cover loosen the screws push an inch of fabric under the cover then re tighten the screws.
How to make ground gutters.
Set the dry well in place.
Wide enough to catch rain falling from the eaves.
Ask this old house general contractor tom silva installs an alternative to a gutter when a traditional one does not work.
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On this project we started by digging a trench along the foundation wall 12 in.
This procedure is very similar to the one used in making the rain gutter.
Underground gutter drainage step 1.
Before installing gutters rainwater from the roof fell to the ground and didn t flow anywhere before soaking in to the soil hence large spring rains lead to water in the basement.
Deep at the front and pitching 1 4 in.
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Per foot toward the back of the house.
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Assemble and place the catch basin.
Before digging call 811 to have utility lines marked.
Use tin snips to cut out the rectangle.
Lower the dry well into the hole after wrapping the sides with a special silt blocking landscape fabric.
The easiest way to dig the.
As seen in photo 1 take an aluminum panel short ones are great for the straps and with the marker layout a rectangle 4 inches 102 mm wide and 20 inches 508 mm long as seen in photo 2.
I wanted a good way to get rainwater from the roof as far away from the house as possible.
The trench is 24 in.