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Originally Posted by Michael 61
I added a birdcage about a month or so to my house, and the contractor added a gutter as part of the project, with a downspout that empties just about an inch or so from the concrete pad my AC unit sits on. I guess I should have questioned this at the time. This week, I had gutters added to the rest of the house, and the gutter contractor showed me that a hole is already forming from the downspout that the birdcage contractor added, and told me it will just grow larger with time, encroaching on the concrete pad my AC unit sits on. The gutter contractor is coming back today to install an underground drain on downspout next to my AC unit, as well as one as another underground drain on the downspout at the front outside corner of my garage. Just curious, do most people have underground drains installed to manage the rain runoff from their rooftops?
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I had all my downspouts with the drains. All they do is run a plastic pipe (with holes) from the gutter into the ground about 18 inches and extend it about two feet out from the house and then has a cap to allow the excess water to flow onto the yard.