gutter drainage

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The house we moved into has the gutters draining to underground pipes, which lead to hills so the water drains away from the house. One of these pipes goes under the concrete back patio and out into the yard. Tree roots have destroyed this line and we'd lose several trees if we tried to repair what's already there, so we're looking for a way to remedy the situation. I thought about sinking a little pond that the existing drain would feed from the bottom, and an overflow hole would direct the excess water down the hill. The big question is would the water coming down the drain pipe have enough force to flow into the pond through a one way flap. Or would the water pressure in the pond cause a backflow or at least enough resistance to prevent my wonderful solution from working? Any other ideas? Thanks.

-- glynnis in KY (gabbycab@msn.com), October 06, 2000

Answers

Glynnis, if I understand your setup correctly, I suspect that water would back up. You could replace part of the vertical drainpipe with clear acrylic and get a really big barometer though. I'd either dig the pond down far enough that the drainpipe ended above it (you could put a rock fall in and have an intermitent water fall) or I'd cut the drainpipe away from the under-patio run and either pipe it across the patio (it doesn't have to run on the ground, it could be overhead)or have a rain barrel. Have you tried a plumber's snake to clear the line? Can you feed a flexible plastic pipe through what's left of your buried drain pipe? Gerbil

-- Gerbil (ima_gerbil@hotmail.com), October 08, 2000.

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