Downspout drains underground under brick patio — no backup, but no water at exit either
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did you look in that basin for the missing water when you ran it for a few minutes and it didn't come out down hill?
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Is water supposed to leak out of the joints?
I actually assumed everything underground was the perforated corrugated pipe that you see at the discharge0 -
I lots lots of rodents on my property. many chipmunks and squirrels. i've definitely seen nuts in the vicinity of the discharge and i've seen chipmunks going in there. i should probably add some kind of mesh cover to the discharge to prevent this?
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Wait is the "ABS" pipe the pipe you see protruding out of the ground at the discharge location? I thought that was some kind of perforated corrugated pipe.
w.r.t gutter guards: it looks like my 2nd and 3rd floor gutters all have gutter guards. most of the first floor do not, but I bought some from costco and plan on installing them. i've heard mixed stories about gutter guards though… did you go for a gutter brush because you didn't want to install gutter guards?
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They're not. I pulled a few up a couple days ago and it looks like it's just sitting on soil.
My masonry guy said this seems like a $6-10k kind of job though which made me think it's actually hard0 -
Sorry which basin are you referring to? do you mean this one by the rocks?
if so, water did start backing up in there both yesterday and today
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that corrugated plastic pipe comes in both perforated and non-perforated versions. the joints are far from water tight so a fair bit of water can leak out the joints even if it is the solid kind. If water is filling up that basin (what you showed a picture of) either it is partly clogged or the pitch is the wrong way on part of it, or it is pitched to that basin and it is open or perforated and the water is intended to flow there and the pipe off to the side is just an overflow.
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If you look closely at the ABS pipe you will see slits in it if it is the drainage type of ABS pipe.
I invested in the gutter brush brand of gutter protection because I have the hanging strap Alaska rain gutters and it is a worry free method to keep the junk out of the rain gutters.
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The white PVC pipe is what you want for that as you can slide a solid 10 foot length over the ABS and put a slit drain cap over the end of it.
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