Buck_nekid
New Member
Hello, out at my mothers house in a rural area she gets water into her basement. She always gave me conflicting information of how the water gets there. I was there the other night when it rained very hard and she 'would show me.' It is back flow from the gutters into the drains, I would watch little one inch water fountains from the drains as it settled to about two inches deep. There is about 75' of gutter system and during heavy rains the drain can't handle it all. I wouldn't think there is much pressure when this occurs as the water was just flowing gently. Is there a expandable plug that I could put in the two basement drains to stop this? Or am I going about it, thinking about it wrong? I know... Dig out the drain and go bigger. I am not sure of the size, I never measured when I was there, guessing 3" or 4" clay.