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Originally Posted by KendallW
Same question with me, our roof gutters have down spouts that just go down into the ground and I have never been able to locate where it ends up. We also have a drain on our back patio that runs out into the yard but can't find the square grate in the yard. May have to hire a plumber with video line camera to locate the lines
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For your downspouts, the pop ups are typically in a straight line out into the yard two to maybe six feet out - as a second owner I had to find mine. Take a long screwdriver, start at the bed edge and work your way out pushing it down into the grass a few inches along that line and left/right of it a bit. You will eventually feel and hear and feel the screwdriver hit the plastic top or grate of the pop up drain. Remove the grass and probably open the drain too to clean it - I found long root shoots in mine. With our grass I have to trim them about every 2 weeks during growing season. My home has a metal bed edge and about an 18” rock bed all around. I found one drain in the bed covered over with landscape fabric from the bed install.
