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wildwood (IL)
Hi,
I dug around the area in my basement that I saw water rushing out of at the last storm(please see picture).I'm at a lower spot on the street and have 3 newer sewer inlets in my front yard. My guess is that these drain tiles are connected to that same rain water sewer system and it over powers my 65 year old tiles. When we have excessive rain, my street will flood for a few hours and the water pushes thru the crack in the drain tile in the pic. This blows away the dirt and some pea gravel making a hole about 8" wide. This is the only area that the water gushes out. What are some of my options as far as preventing the water from gushing out or stopping it altogether. The drain tile are 1 foot long and a diamter of 10".
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North Carolina Plumber (NC)
Hydraulic cement will seal the crack.
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hj (AZ)
That is "field tile" and they are "loose laid" end to end and there is a "crack" EVERY ONE FOOT of pipe. The intention was that water would flow IN through the "cracks' and run to the drain outlet point, (usually NOT a sewer line), NOT flow out from a sewer backup. They are unlikely to be 10" DIAMETER.
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wildwood (IL)
How would fresh green leaves come in through the seams if it wasn't connected to the outside sewer? The inside diameter is probably 6 inches but I measured across the top at around 10. I want to pull one up to see how blocked these are?
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bernabeu (SC)
no no no
while they are 'loose laid' they interlock
and
are fragile
you need a pro
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hj (AZ)
They are either butt joints or tongue and groove, but either way the joints are ALL "open" so water can easily enter them. THey normally drained to "daylight", NEVER, as far as I have ever seen, to a sewer.
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wildwood (IL)
So the only reason for them to be there is to drain and since I have my sump pump to drain my crawl if it floods, I don't see any use for the pipe except to flood my crawl. I probably will call a pro to look at it.
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hj (AZ)
They are typically used to drain around a foundation or in a field that floods.
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