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Dry Wells for Roof Drain
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| Buster Chops 2006-07-28, 8:25 pm |
| A question --- I have a 'dry well' where the roof gutter drains into.
Over the years, it must have glogged up and now my gutter does not drain
properly. I confirmed that the drain into the ground appears to be clogged.
Without having to dig up the piping ... any ideas on what can be done to
clean this? Would drain cleaner or root remover do any good?
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| hallerb@aol.com 2006-07-29, 3:25 am |
| Sorry you will have to dig it up, ideally at a new spot.
it helps to keep all junk out of gutters, leaves break down into crud
that eventually clogs things.
no consumer amout of drain cleaner will help
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| hallerb@aol.com 2006-07-29, 3:25 am |
| i ran the lines to the curb, its not code but many neighbors have done
it too. clogs no longer matter.
one friend built a filter box with screens to minimize drywell
clogging.
eventually dirt migrates in nothing lasts forever
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"Buster Chops" <millbrook11@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> A question --- I have a 'dry well' where the roof gutter drains into.
> Over the years, it must have glogged up and now my gutter does not drain
> properly. I confirmed that the drain into the ground appears to be clogged.
>
> Without having to dig up the piping ... any ideas on what can be done to
> clean this? Would drain cleaner or root remover do any good?
Take a hose from your largest volume spigot. Crank the water fully on and
shove the hose end down the drain pipe. Water will boil back out. Shove the
hose in till it won't go anymore, then slide it in and out a few inches. It
should
go in further with each time. Keep this up, going in further and further until
the drain starts to drain away instead of out the pipe you are attacking.
Then go a little further.
Attaching a "blaster nozzle" to the hose end may speed this process, but
you need the volume of water to carry the crud back out, and the blaster
reduces volume. Sometimes in this process, twisting the hose will help
it get past bumps in the drain pipe.
You might spend an hour or more to clear the drain, and it may not clear
at all. You can only try it and see.
Bob
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| trader4@optonline.net 2006-07-29, 9:25 am |
| This is why drywells for gutters are never a good idea, unless there
really is no alternative. I'd try to replace it by using natural
grading away from the house combined with long splash blocks or
flexible corrugated pipe.
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| Tom The Great 2006-07-29, 1:25 pm |
| On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 00:10:12 GMT, "Buster Chops"
<millbrook11@verizon.net> wrote:
>A question --- I have a 'dry well' where the roof gutter drains into.
>Over the years, it must have glogged up and now my gutter does not drain
>properly. I confirmed that the drain into the ground appears to be clogged.
>
>Without having to dig up the piping ... any ideas on what can be done to
>clean this? Would drain cleaner or root remover do any good?
>
Sorry, it sounds like your drywell is silted up, so physically
removing is the only option. IMHO.
Good luck.
tom @ www.NoCostAds.com
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"Buster Chops" <millbrook11@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:EHxyg.111$zV6.77@trnddc03...
> A question --- I have a 'dry well' where the roof gutter drains into.
> Over the years, it must have glogged up and now my gutter does not drain
> properly. I confirmed that the drain into the ground appears to be clogged.
>
> Without having to dig up the piping ... any ideas on what can be done to
> clean this? Would drain cleaner or root remover do any good?
>
I'll try this again. I sent it yesterday, but don't see it.
Dog out what you can from the pipe by hand.
Take a hose from your largest volume spigot. Crank the water fully
on and shove the hose end down the drain pipe. Water will boil
back out. Shove the hose in till it won't go anymore, then slide it
in and out a few inches. It should go in further with each time.
Keep this up, going in further and further until the drain starts
to drain away instead of out the pipe you are attacking.
Then go a little further.
Attaching a "blaster nozzle" to the hose end may speed this process, but
you need the volume of water to carry the crud back out, and the blaster
reduces volume. Sometimes in this process, twisting the hose will help
it get past bumps in the drain pipe.
You might spend an hour or more to clear the drain, and it may not clear
at all. You can only try it and see.
Bob
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| On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 18:56:27 -0700, "Bob" <bobnospam@gmail.com> wrote:
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>"Buster Chops" <millbrook11@verizon.net> wrote in message
>news:EHxyg.111$zV6.77@trnddc03...
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>I'll try this again. I sent it yesterday, but don't see it.
For what it's worth, I got it. That is, I got the first one too.
>Dog out what you can from the pipe by hand.
>Take a hose from your largest volume spigot. Crank the water fully
>on and shove the hose end down the drain pipe. Water will boil
>back out. Shove the hose in till it won't go anymore, then slide it
>in and out a few inches. It should go in further with each time.
>Keep this up, going in further and further until the drain starts
>to drain away instead of out the pipe you are attacking.
>Then go a little further.
>Attaching a "blaster nozzle" to the hose end may speed this process, but
>you need the volume of water to carry the crud back out, and the blaster
>reduces volume. Sometimes in this process, twisting the hose will help
>it get past bumps in the drain pipe.
>You might spend an hour or more to clear the drain, and it may not clear
>at all. You can only try it and see.
>
>Bob
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