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Jim Elbrecht

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Obviously this guy is clueless. Probably half or more of the gutter
drain pipe installed in the US is not buried deep enough to prevent
freezing. And most of the ones that are were not specifically buried
deep enough to prevent freezing, but just happen to be in a temperate
climate, like FL. In the vast majority of such applications, you have
limited grade drop to deal with and you can't bury the pipe 3ft deep
because then a gravity drain would not work. The suggestion to use
a pump for routine gutter drainage is a similar joke for obvious
reasons.

He apparently doesn't have to worry about freezing- but it seems like
someone here suggested a swale or gutter for him when he announced
that he was going this route a couple months ago. Those 4" pipes
will be clogged in a couple years and he'll be tearing them out
anyway.

Jim