One of the downspouts from a roof job done a year ago drains right into the soil next to my foundation. I was thinking of making a drain-away out of concrete (a bit of concrete work needs to be done right there, anyway), but I got the idea of routing the downspout out away from the foundation horizontally.
When the roofers did the job a year ago, I salvaged a couple of extra
10' or so lengths of aluminum downspouting and stashed them in my garage. I figure I can run a 4' or so length of this from the end of the downspout coming from the gutter above and route the flow out a few feet from the foundation and onto my concrete patio where the water won't sink into the ground at the foundation.
How can I cut the aluminum? I guess I can work it with a box cutter, but I wonder if that's best. The metal is sure to deform if I cut it that way. What do the pros use? TIA.
Dan