Friday, 23 May 2014

Downspout vortices

Fearing disaster , last fall , I re-routed the corner downspout at the far side of the garage.  The norm is for rain run-off to go underground to the city mains.
Firstly , aimed the water out at roof level and down the drive
Splash or wind driven slosh hit the neighbour's basement window
COAC

Next , ran the downspout water along the boulevard between the houses
The pipes kept disconnecting all winter

Yesterday , got an e-mail from next door that his basement flooded
Oops !
Went out to take a look and couldn't believe .. but a wash-out hole formed against the casement for the window well - dug a hole right out

Last night , I made sure that the pipes were tight and reached up and into the neighbour's eavestrough , eavestrough was clear

This morning , before anything , got up on a ladder and found the neighbours eavestrough plugged at the downspout opening
this plug probably caused water to overflow the eavestrough and waterfall down on the casement , eating away a hole

I diverted the water from my side onto my drive

Water !!!! Problems , always

Weather : ditto from yesterday w/ a promise of stable  and warm this week end

OK Deck re-stained , ought to last 3 months ( ha ha , except not so funny ) The sun beats down on the wood and is brutal

Do you have problems ??? 
Dumb and dumber , if you own a house , of course , you have problems

Have a good one 

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