This excessive water flow can create soil erosion right beneath the gutters. Once they’re completely filled, water will leak from every gutter seam and pour over the tops of the gutter. If your downspout is clogged, one of the first things you may notice is that your gutters will begin filling with water. But, when downspouts are clogged all of that water still has to go somewhere which may lead to overflowing issues, possibly damaging your downspout and foundation.Īt Clog Pro Plumbing and Drain, we want you to be aware of your plumbing before an expensive mishap occurs, so look for these signs of a clogged downspout before contacting a plumber. These underground drains are designed to redirect water away from your home either to the street, sidewalk or underground sewer line. Fasten the hose to the pipe, turn on the water and pressure wash out a hole under your concrete slab where you want the 4 inch pipe to pass.Clogged drains of any kind can cause serious problems, including your downspouts. On the other end of the pipe solder a fitting that can be threaded onto a garden hose. Another way I go under concrete is to dig a trench on one side of the slab, get a 1/2 inch copper pipe cut to the length of the hole, in your case about 5 feet, take a hack saw and cut one end of the pipe at a sharp angle and solder a brass nut (a number 10 nut should work) inside the pipe at the base of the angle. If I did this for approximately 20 feet, 5 feet should be a snap. There is a lot of sand in my soil so it was not really too difficult. It took me approximately and hour of driving to get 20 feet of the pipe through. I would pull the pipe out every foot and clean out the dirt. I dug a trench about 15 long and 3 feet deep and started the hole by twisting the pipe as I hammered on the outer end with a small sledge hammer. Using 4 inch by 10 foot ABS plastic sewer pipe with notches/teeth cut in the end, I drove approximately 20 feet under the slab of my small barn. I am assuming that you want to go across the 5 foot side walk and not the length.
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