Jay Stootzmann wrote:

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.


We had problems around our condo with washouts from
downspouts......grading is fine, just needed to
keep the outflow from washing away mulch and soil around hedges. We got
some plastic trays from the
garden center. tje lomd tjat 2" pots are displayed in. Double them for
strength, one inside the other. Dig
a hole the size and depth of the tray where the forceful flow hits the
ground. Put tray in hole, fill tray with
med. size river rock. The rock deflects and disperses the water but
doesn't dislodge. Can do the same without
the trays, but just river rock on landscape cloth. Heavy flow will run
off before it sinks much.