A paul fisette director of building materials and wood technology at the university of massachusetts amherst and a jlc contributing editor responds.
Connect gutter to sewer.
Prior to connecting these two drains the water from the right gutter drain would create a massive puddle on the ground.
There are three kinds of sewers.
Sanitary sewer is meant for waste water from toilets kitchen and bathroom sinks etc must be put in a sanit.
Simple pipe connections with sewer drain pipe fittings.
If this isn t possible i ll have to go with a dreaded macerator unit.
I m wanting to replace this with a soilpipe and am wondering how i go about safely connecting rainwater into the soil stack.
There is a convenient manhole cover a couple of feet away.
Debris flowing down a downspout drain that has been foolishly connected to the building foundation drain system can block that drain leading to basement flooding from either.
Since the house due to its age has a combined sewer system ie at other side of house the guttering goes into a bottle gulley which discharges into the same drain as the bathroom waste is it okay legal to connect the downpipe to the sewer system again via a bottle gully.
Debris flowing down the downspout drain leaves from gutters can block floor drains or even the main building sewer line leading to sewage backups into the structure.
Surprisingly there is nothing in most building codes that prevents downspouts from.
Drain at front of house currently takes rain water via a gutter downpipe.
Visited a property yesterday with a combined drain sewer system.
Storm sanitary and combined.
Over time that water would likely cause rotting issues for the porch framing and potentially turn into a leak problem in the basement over time.
The footing drains eventually terminate at daylight away from the house.