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Old 07-09-2025, 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Topspinmo View Post
IMO if you want that to work popup has to at all way to edge of driveway and driveway has to be slopped enough for water to run down drive to street. I have French drains out front and the underground tubes do not have holes in them. I still have the drain at corner of front door which floods the area to side of front door when heavy rain. That’s another problem not being slopped for water to run down to street. Really nothing I can do about that drain due to not slopped.
The builder terminated the downspout in the backyard for a reason. The water draining off of the roof stays in the backyard. Rerouting the water to the front yard is a bad idea. Having the water run across the driveway or to accumulate near the front door every time it rains is something the builder was trying to avoid.

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