Burying downspout above frost line

01-20-2013, 08:45 PM	#1
RegLearning Member   Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Newmarket, Ontario Posts: 55	Burying downspout above frost line I have a terrible downspout on the side of my house. This coming spring I am going to dig a trench from it to drain out my backyard. Should I connect this underground or use a landscape catch basin below it? Will I have issues if the downspout froze underground?

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01-20-2013, 08:51 PM	#2
joecaption Member   Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Hartfield VA Posts: 18,298	Burying downspout above frost line Where it's most likely to freeze is where it is exposted to daylight if you do not run it to a drain pit filled with stone.