Show GUTTERS KEEP CELLARS DRY cement ditches carry water from house far enough to prevent injury by seepage A few homemade cement gutters will drain awny away the water from the gutter pipes and help keep a cellar dry the cement ditch can be 8 inches wide 2 inches thick and widened at the receiving end to resemble a shallow platter says the united states dean department rement of agriculture it should be sufficiently long to carry the water from the gutter pipe far enough from tile tho house foundation to prevent seepage if thi work is set flush with the ground it offers no hindrance to passing feet or to the lawn mower |