I've got two gutters in the backyard, currently they drain out onto a concrete block drain that disperses slightly into the yard, but that seems to just flood the area right around the concrete drain blocks.
Would like to do something better with the water. I've got a pecan try that's roughly in between the two gutters, out about twenty feet in the yard.
I'm thinking of putting in a catch basin / drain grate, attached to PVC, and running out into the yard. Ideally I'd like to run both the pipes to the area where the pecan roots start (not all the way up to the tree, just upstream from the roots, so to speak).
Is there anything wrong with this idea, any gotchas, etc? I know i need to do an air gap between the bottom of the gutter downspout and ground level grate, but would running the pipes like this to the root zone work?
Thanks in advance for the expertise / information.