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Originally Posted by tejas
There is a downspout at the front of my house that I want to have buried. (I'm tired of sweeping and replacing landscape chips) I looked at some of my neighbors buried downspouts and they all have an opening in the yard covered with a plastic grate. It seems like the grate cover would allow for grass clippings and dirt to get in the pipe and eventually clog the downspout.
Does anyone out there have a buried downspout with a pop-up cover? If so, are you happy with it and what company did you use?
Thanks in advance.
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There are hundreds and hundreds of these pop-up drains installed in The Villages. We've had one for close to four years, and I've yet to notice any issues with clogging due to soil or grass clippings. As another poster pointed out, if you have St. Augustine grass, you will occasionally need to trim around it (just like you would with pop up irrigation heads). I have Zoysia, and have not had this issue.