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I wanted to go over the two underground downspout systems that we run an offer for, residential use.  For the DIY guy, hopefully, this helps. We're going to start out by covering the single wall. The single wall is really easy to work with. It's very pliable. It's just amazing actually, because in spite of all the bad reviews on how debris gets caught in the ridges and valleys, as long as it's run on, a slope its fine. The truth is when the water comes out of the gutter troughed and it runs down the downspout, it's accelerating. Once it hits this pipe, if you slope this pipe, you're going to maintain that speed. You're actually going to probably pick up some more speed. I realize there's friction and there's all kinds of formulas for this stuff, and I've done it. I'm not going to get all geeky on you and we're not going to turn it into that type of video.

But do know this and just a typical ranch-style house. Say you have five PSI, you got your velocity your maintaining it, that's going to push leaves out, that's going to push a tree seeds out. Where they're going to plug is right inside the gutter trough.  And, if they don't plug there, they're definitely plugging here.  Because that's what they all look like as they bring the downspout close to the house and run it down the house. Why do I know this? Because we're always taking these apart and pulling the leaves off for homeowners and that's a service call nobody wants. Of course they blame the drainage system until we get there and we prove them otherwise, and then there's a charge for that and that's a service call. You don't need it. So make sure that if you have really broad leaves like a maple tree and an oak tree, you got really big trees. Make sure you get the leaf guards for your, for your gutter trough because it's going to plug your downspouts. It's not going to plug my system because I'm running my pipe the correct way. If this pipe is ran incorrectly, it will plug just maintained slope and you'll be fine.

Now I'm going to talk about the downspout adapter. The downspout adapter. It's job is to get you from your downspout pipe to your corrugated pipe and it snaps right in. It works really nice. There's a couple that I'm going to feature here today. That one was a poly drain and Normandy looks like this, I believe as well, ADS  looks like that. See, it's really clean. People like it because it actually looks like the pipe itself. It just snaps clean. That's fine. If your house has been, um, you know, if it's a new build, this is not a great gutter adapter for you. If it's a house that's been there for a few years and you had a chance for all the dirt to settle, well then this is okay. This is fine. It's a nice clean look for sure. But I'll show you another one. Now this one don't have that lip.
I  want to put them side by side so you can really see them. So you see the one that has like a stop. I mean it just. It's going to stop this one. I can get it inside the corrugated pipe. A couple more clicks. Now on a new build, this is really important because there's always a lot of settling around the house. So you want to leave this pipe up a little high and go ahead and when you're doing your shopping, you want to pick up a downspout adapter that's like this for new construction. It really helps. The other thing too, this pipe is real easy. It's kind of like an accordion. You can push it up against the wall of the house, and then put dirt on it, hold it there with your foot and that's a great idea. And a lot of my videos and now that I pointed out, everyone's going to notice our downspouts look crooked. [...]

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