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Originally Posted by TMHwestford
I like the idea of the pop up, it's a nice neat looking installation. If you don't mind the work move it forward to the corner of the two walks when you replace the underground with solid pipe and see if that works. It may wash out the stone in the bed and you could still end up with a soggy soft spot at the pop up. If the pop up doesn't work I assume you have gutter above the column shown in the second picture, you could cut a new downspout in at the column and extend it out to the concrete as others have suggested and cap the existing downspout inside the gutter and just leave it so you don't have a messy hole showing at the old downspout location. You may need to change the pitch from the old downspout to the new. Good luck.
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I would point out that the builder designs drainage to avoid dumping rainwater near the front door and porch, or draining water across the driveway. That is why the downspouts are located in the backyard and on the opposite side of the garage from the front porch. The current location of the green popup will cause a lot of water to be redirected from the roof to the front porch area and inside a enclosed concrete area, with no way for the water to drain off. Personally, I would not want to have large amounts of water draining from the popup to the front porch area. This will create a swimming pool effect near the front porch. And, adding another downspout at the column will be unsightly and will make the drainage issue worse. My opinion.