Mike50
DIY Senior Member
This should be a no-brainer nonetheless I'm unsure about this situation.
My Lot is situated atop a manmade 30 degree slope. Home built in 1977.
There is a flat area on the street side which needs a little drainage during a heavy rain.
So..someone installed a black 3 inch subterranean drainage pipe. Because of erosion it's only buried a few inches deep. It is about 45 feet long and empties onto the street.
An 18 foot section has always bowed up a little and I've been covering it up with dirt/sand (this is desert) a few times a year.
There is also a redundant 4 inch gray pipe directly parallel to it, layed Im assuming years afterward. Both are plastic material. Obviously more drainage was needed-I'm assuming during a Heavy rain winter.
Anyway, about 3 or 4 weeks ago the black 3 inch pipe, because of record heat here--bowed up and *out* of the ground. (18 foot section)
It just popped up.
It's quite visible and I'd have to pour a small hill of sand on top to conceal it now.
This is strickly cosmetic. I tested both pipes and they flow just fine.
The smaller black pipe is in worse condition than the larger gray one.
Someone just dumped some concrete and rocks on both ends to keep it in the ground. No plumber or contractor would have done this obvious amateur job.
I can see where my lot would have had much more erosion--(over the years anyway) if it was not there.
FYI-Neighbors in lower areas and across the street have some fairly serious road erosion issues (only in very heavy rain).
They have had to replace some small segments of asphalt on occasion.
But it doesn't affect me as I'm on the hill.
Eventually something has to be done. Looks pretty bad.
Because of age it is NOT worth salvaging.
I don't know if I can safely remove the smaller black pipe or not.
Heavy winter rain is the concern.
My Lot is situated atop a manmade 30 degree slope. Home built in 1977.
There is a flat area on the street side which needs a little drainage during a heavy rain.
So..someone installed a black 3 inch subterranean drainage pipe. Because of erosion it's only buried a few inches deep. It is about 45 feet long and empties onto the street.
An 18 foot section has always bowed up a little and I've been covering it up with dirt/sand (this is desert) a few times a year.
There is also a redundant 4 inch gray pipe directly parallel to it, layed Im assuming years afterward. Both are plastic material. Obviously more drainage was needed-I'm assuming during a Heavy rain winter.
Anyway, about 3 or 4 weeks ago the black 3 inch pipe, because of record heat here--bowed up and *out* of the ground. (18 foot section)
It just popped up.
It's quite visible and I'd have to pour a small hill of sand on top to conceal it now.
This is strickly cosmetic. I tested both pipes and they flow just fine.
The smaller black pipe is in worse condition than the larger gray one.
Someone just dumped some concrete and rocks on both ends to keep it in the ground. No plumber or contractor would have done this obvious amateur job.
I can see where my lot would have had much more erosion--(over the years anyway) if it was not there.
FYI-Neighbors in lower areas and across the street have some fairly serious road erosion issues (only in very heavy rain).
They have had to replace some small segments of asphalt on occasion.
But it doesn't affect me as I'm on the hill.
Eventually something has to be done. Looks pretty bad.
Because of age it is NOT worth salvaging.
I don't know if I can safely remove the smaller black pipe or not.
Heavy winter rain is the concern.
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