We're having our house waterproofed and part of it is them also extending a downspout for our rain gutters. We assumed they'd connect it with the pipe that goes into the street but they've got the new pipe's exit in our front yard, the reason being so the sun can evaporate the water. All I can think of is it potentially creating a little lake. Is this normal? It's also making a bit of a hill in the front yard.
by Ender_Wiggins18
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Nothing about that seems correct.
I would cut the spoon off the end but it is fine. It’s ugly but fine. If it’s only one gutter a pop up emitter would do wonders for the aesthetics. When grass grows up it will be nearly invisible anyway
This is to divert water as far away as possible from the foundation of the house. I’ve seen it before; it’s not terribly common, but it is a thing.
Looks like your yard is sloped, so it’s abit ugly but fine. I hate people who pipe stuff straight into the sewer needlessly, they increase the load on their treatment plant. Let your grass use the run off so the wastewater plant doesn’t have to deal with it.
Water drainage systems of whatever sort normally take water to the low point because gravity. If that is the front yard, so be it. Still, this terminus is odd. I’d probably run it as close to the street as possible and let storm drains take over. Also, it needs a slotted cap of some sort or you will have critters and/or insects making homes or (potentially) dying in it during dry spells. Are you sure it is gutter drainage? Normally that runs into drain tile. What you have there appears to be PVC and I would suspect it to be sump pump drainage. If so, my prior point is even more crucial.
Edit: I reread your comments. OK…they used PVC. Seems an unusual choice but ok. Still, if the gutters are collecting and sending enough water to divert here it will make the grassy area swampy, slope or not. Sun won’t dry that much water out quickly enough so I’d still try to keep the water moving away either by extending the drainage or ensuring the drop point is prepped for substantial runoff. Lawn is not a good solution.
Normal but not knowing the whole layout, maybe a little half assed.
First off, the property should continue sloping downward towards the street. If not, that’s a problem cuz water will pool. I assume you’re fine on that one.
It’s possible it won’t be up to code if it’s going to flood the sidewalk. In some areas you have to go under the sidewalk, to avoid dangerous situations on the sidewalk (ice, etc).
And the last but not least, the end point is just ugly. They could have installed a pop up. At the very least it should have an end cap with a grate to avoid critters getting in. Good news is you can adjust that yourself pretty easily.
Look up “Green angled drainage grate” on Amazon . Put that on the end and you should be fine.