Hey guys!
First post here... i'm a new home owner. Wouldn't normally be able to afford a house but i got a really great deal on this place. The previous owner was in a nursing home and needed to sell it. Good house, but because of lack of maintenance a few things need a'fixin. Small things. One of them is the gutter downspouts. They run into storm drains (i dont think code permits this but they were grandfathered in) however the storm drains are clogged with caked up dirt. When i first moved in, during storms the basement would get some water coming in where the drains were.
I know roots can grown in the drains from time to time and act as bridge that lets dirt accumulate, but this looks really bad to me, the dirt comes up to ground level along with the water, it pools there and stays for days after the rain has stopped. I did a temporary fix by running a big pvc pipe to by pass the storm drain and divert the water away from the house... but it goes across my walkway leading into the back door, functional but looks bad.
Does anyone have any experience with unclogging these things or if its even worth it? I am right about to just cap the gutter where the down spout is, put a new drop outletto the right side of my back door (see pic) then i can run a downspout there put a splash guard and route the water away from the house above the ground. There is also the problem that it seems like the gutter is pitched to left, i'm not sure if i can raise it up a bit or if i need to.
What do ya'll think? Please let me know if better pictures would help. Thanks!
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First post here... i'm a new home owner. Wouldn't normally be able to afford a house but i got a really great deal on this place. The previous owner was in a nursing home and needed to sell it. Good house, but because of lack of maintenance a few things need a'fixin. Small things. One of them is the gutter downspouts. They run into storm drains (i dont think code permits this but they were grandfathered in) however the storm drains are clogged with caked up dirt. When i first moved in, during storms the basement would get some water coming in where the drains were.
I know roots can grown in the drains from time to time and act as bridge that lets dirt accumulate, but this looks really bad to me, the dirt comes up to ground level along with the water, it pools there and stays for days after the rain has stopped. I did a temporary fix by running a big pvc pipe to by pass the storm drain and divert the water away from the house... but it goes across my walkway leading into the back door, functional but looks bad.
Does anyone have any experience with unclogging these things or if its even worth it? I am right about to just cap the gutter where the down spout is, put a new drop outletto the right side of my back door (see pic) then i can run a downspout there put a splash guard and route the water away from the house above the ground. There is also the problem that it seems like the gutter is pitched to left, i'm not sure if i can raise it up a bit or if i need to.
What do ya'll think? Please let me know if better pictures would help. Thanks!
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