Gutter Drain Blockage
You may need to do this several times to remove the clog completely.
Gutter drain blockage. Check where the water drains out of the pipe. Use this downspout extension to divert water away from the foundation or connect to drainage pipe and catch basin to control drainage. Attach a high pressure nozzle onto your garden hose. The hose s normal pressure probably won t be enough to dislodge.
Using water pressure 1. Wearing gloves and eye protection feed the auger into the top or bottom downspout opening and turn the drum clockwise. Remove the guard and pull. Turn on a garden hose and force it into the underground portion of the line.
Remove the guard. It feels like you just had your gutters cleaned yesterday. The downspout is the pipe that runs down the building from the gutter to the. Instead of your gutters flowing water away from your home they re acting like a dam storing up water to slowly creep into your roof and become a breeding ground for pests.
Blockages in the under floor drain combined with high volumes of roof runoff water entering the system send the entire roof runoff into the building basement or crawl space debris flowing down the downspout drain leaves from gutters can block floor drains or even the main building sewer line leading to sewage backups into the structure. If your plumber s auger line is too short to reach to the end of the pipe go as far as you can from the front of the. Disconnect the gutter downspout from where it connects to the drain pipe. A brief video showing one way a blockage can cause problems with your rain gutter down pipe drains.
The water pressure may dislodge the clog. The seal you created may be enough to force the blockage out of the bottom opening. Many home improvement stores rent plumber s augers that are likely long enough to meet your needs. Some underground gutter drains terminate in the sewer system instead of at the.
How to unclog underground rain gutter drain piping. Use a handheld auger. Try this trick to unclog a slow running underground downspout drain pipe. This was how i was able to figure it out and fix it.
Remove the downspout where it enters the ground and try to clear the clog using a plumbing snake. Insert the hose into the. Once it s all the way through pull the cable back. This flexible downspout extension easily bends and holds its shape and can be extended from 25 55 in.