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Default Gutter/Downspout/Drain Question

tim birr wrote:
OP AGAIN

Yep, I'm a pain....

Well, decided to try the snakes....Tried my standard "manual" snake
and got it down about a foot or so.

So, then went to my closet auger (manual power again). About half the
diameter of the standard snake, I managed to get all 15 feet of it
down the drain....about three times.

Went back to the standard snake. Managed to get it down about 12 feet
before it would go no further.

Water is draining a bit better, but still pretty slow.

I may bite the bullet and call the local Rooter/Septic/plumbing
company and ask if they might be able to try something.

Otherwise.....hi ho, hi ho, it's a 30-foot trench through extremely
rocky hillside....Fun. Hope my mattock and I are up to it.


You know where the blockage is: It's twelve feet from the opening. Dig
there.