On Aug 26, 4:40 pm, Nate Nagel wrote:
Kitep wrote:
If the drain can empty a garden hose & it's not coming out at the street, I
would say they're either not connected or there's a serious break in
between.

Ah, yes, but which, is the question?



Plumbers have cameras they can send down pipes to see what's going on. It's
up to you to decide if curiousity is worth spending $$ on.

It's either that or digging, looks like. I will see if I can rent one
of those gadgets mentioned in another post, but based on a quick web
search, I am guessing it wouldn't be any cheaper/easier. My local
rental place has extortionate prices...

nate

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Why do you need to find out for sure where some unknown pipe is
going? If the water flows from the gutters to the above ground
cistern and the cistern has an overflow, why not just do something
with a short length of pipe or similar to channel the overflow water
10 ft away from the house? Many houses have simple splash blocks
that only carry the water 3 ft from the foundation, have proper
grading and have no problems.