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Correcting Downspout Drainage

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Massive water problems led to one disaster after another. 4 k video pt 2 of 2

What happens here

The presenter examines a downspout system previously installed. He points out that the existing drain box is incorrectly angled and shaped, causing rainwater to miss the drain and instead run off the side, accumulating directly next to the building's foundation. He demonstrates how the water was flowing past the drain and explains that this flawed setup was a significant contributor to the basement flooding issues, especially when coupled with the previous patio layout.

Goal: Fix existing downspout drainage issues to prevent water from reaching the foundation.

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all right so we were saying yesterday that this guy here has got the wrong you know drain box set up for this whole thing that worked for him cuz with the shape of this one the waters just running off here it's not covering the whole back so anything that's coming down here is obviously just running off the side so we got a little bit of rain this morning and you can see here I was all all wet stuff so when that when the patio is here all of that water that this was missing was running off the front in the back and going I don't know the slab and back towards the house with

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