Photo: Smith-Baer
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Continue installing pipes along the trench until you reach the second downspout. Use standard couplings to connect the pipe sections.
Step 7: Continue installation
Introduction
Step 1
Lay out the trench
Step 2
Mark the trench line
Step 3
Dig the trench
Step 4
Lay out the pipe lengths and fittings
Step 5
Install the starter elbow
Step 6
Insert adapter and reducer
Step 7
Continue installation
Step 8
Begin second downspout
Step 9
Finish pipe installation
Step 10
Finish the job & backfill
Tools List
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Tape measure
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Shovel, used to dig trench
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Level, used to check drainpipe for proper slope
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Small sledgehammer, used to pound in stakes
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Handsaw, hacksaw or 12-inch power miter saw, used to cut the PVC pipe
Shopping List
1. 4-INCH-DIAMETER PVC AND ASSORTED FITTINGS
2. 4-INCH-DIAMETER FLEXIBLE PLASTIC DRAIN PIPE
3. PVC PRIMER AND CEMENT
4. WOODEN STAKES AND MASON'S STRING
5. WHITE FLOUR IN METAL CAN
6. CARDBOARD SHEETS
2. 4-INCH-DIAMETER FLEXIBLE PLASTIC DRAIN PIPE
3. PVC PRIMER AND CEMENT
used to join together PVC pipe and fittings
4. WOODEN STAKES AND MASON'S STRING
5. WHITE FLOUR IN METAL CAN
sprinkled onto ground to indicate trench location
6. CARDBOARD SHEETS
used to temporarily hold soil dug from trench
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