On Aug 27, 10:38 am, N8N wrote:
On Aug 27, 10:01 am, wrote:
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.
because if the mystery pipe does not drain correctly, really the only
viable option would be to dig up my yard and lay some pipe to channel
the water to the street. the gutter in question is on the back side
of the house, and my whole lot is sloped toward the street, and I
don't have enough space to direct it away from the house sideways
without likely causing puddles in my neighbor's yard next to her
house. (I don't know exactly the distance between the edge of the
house and the property line, but it is less than 10 ft. for sure. Lot
is long but narrow, and less than 1/4 acre anyway.)
The other option would be to strap some PVC to the underside of my
deck, which is the full width of the house, and drain it to the
driveway and let it run to the street that way, but I don't know if
that would cause icing issues in the winter. I've already done that
with the front gutter as that is how that appears to have always been
(no drain pipe evident for that downspout)
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Don't know the geometry here, but apparently you can snake it from the
street and it's clear for as long as the longest snake you have. And
you can only snake it a short distance from the other end, until you
get caught in an S curve. I assume the pipe is visible at that point,
otherwise how do u know it's an S?
If it is in fact some kind of S that is the problem, then I'd cut the
pipe at that point so you can deal with two segments of straighter
runs. Then you need a snake long enough to work the longest length
you have. You could also try a long enough snake from street, as is,
without taking out the S.