The point is to get the water away from the house. I use solid pipe which
is actually just an extension of my AL downspout -- depending on the grade
of the lawn I've gone either 5' or 10'. My extension is solid and gets all
of the water away from the house. I don't use a drywell or sistern. The
grade of the lawn carries the water off. Works for me.

"Thomas G. Marshall" . com
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I was following the advice in the home depot outdoor projects book about
moving the water from my gutter down-spout to someplace farther away.

But I'm confused on one point.

Should I be using the PVC pipe with holes in it (at 4 and 8 o'clock) such
that the water disperses along 10' of it and the rest ends in a sistern,
or should I be transporting part of the way in solid PVC to keep even
small seepage away from the house?

The only problem is that the non-hole PVC doesn't fit the adapters needed
to connect the downspount--PVC. A silly thing really, looks like a
conflict in inner vs. outter diameter specs.

So should it be this:

*Downspout--Adapter--(connected somehow)10' Solid PVC--Sistern*

or

*Downspout--Adapter--(connected somehow)4' Solid PVC--10' drainage
PVC--Sistern*

or just the easiest

*Downspout--Adapter---(connects redily)10' drainage PVC--Sistern.*

And *HOW BIG* should the sistern be? The ground fill is highly rocky
(good) but this downspout manages all the water for half the main roof,
half the baywindow roof, and the porch roof.