Travelover
Elite Member
My house is built half way down a hill and in recent storms I've started getting a little water in the basement. The grade near the house is OK and I have downspout extensions, clean gutters, etc.
It occurred to me that the 4" corrugated plastic pipe that drains the foundation used to stick up out of the ground near the creek that flows through my property. Over the years, the end of the pipe has disappeared as the creek has deposited silt in the area. Also small brush has grown up in this area.
I tried running a string across where I was sure it must cross and probing along the string as deep as I could (about 18") with a 3/8" steel rod, but there are a lot of roots etc in the area and I was unsuccessful in finding it. The area is swampy enough that I can't get my tractor in there to, for instance, pull a subsoiler bar through the earth.
The top end of the pipe is buried 4 feet in the ground at the foundation footer, so I can't easily insert something like a steel cable or sound source from that end. I know some will suggest water witching, but I've never gotten it to work for me and I'm especially skeptical for plastic pipe.
Any additional suggestions?
It occurred to me that the 4" corrugated plastic pipe that drains the foundation used to stick up out of the ground near the creek that flows through my property. Over the years, the end of the pipe has disappeared as the creek has deposited silt in the area. Also small brush has grown up in this area.
I tried running a string across where I was sure it must cross and probing along the string as deep as I could (about 18") with a 3/8" steel rod, but there are a lot of roots etc in the area and I was unsuccessful in finding it. The area is swampy enough that I can't get my tractor in there to, for instance, pull a subsoiler bar through the earth.
The top end of the pipe is buried 4 feet in the ground at the foundation footer, so I can't easily insert something like a steel cable or sound source from that end. I know some will suggest water witching, but I've never gotten it to work for me and I'm especially skeptical for plastic pipe.
Any additional suggestions?