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Complete and utter victory! Received approval to run drain pipe to daylight. Called a guy to dig trench (he was horrible at communication so I dropped him) then called another guy I met a few years before and he never returned my calls. This is why if it's possible to DIY and you are smart...

Worked on this off and on when I felt like it and my issue is solved! Through some deductive reasoning and a little luck I found the pipe that leads to the dry bed. In addition, I put a hole in this PVC underground pipe (which I later patched) and stuck a hose in several downspout vents around...

I'm not sure if it's mandatory...if it was mandatory (even if it was not) they really should have done a better job! Not one problem yet in basement after 10 years! I have multiple redundant water alarms connected to the Internet plus a pumpspy device.. I have 2 full sized sump pumps on...

Thanks for the questions Diehard. The final pipe (assumed single...but there could be 2 pipes...one at back of house and one at front...but I'm assuming one for now). Yes, it flows "into" the dry well. It does this to drain the water out of the drain pipe that goes around my house. The dry...

Yes, I did request the plan - the builder put my dry well in wrong place (different from plan) and the town has no information regarding the underground drainage system. You would think they would have inspected better but I am second owner so was not there for construction. The pipe is smooth...

floating sonde ...this is another idea...will let everyone know whenever I finish...

I hear you RenewDave but I am on a fixed income...retired. If you told me this at the beginning of the project I would now agree with you but I am literally 80% done. Then again...I would have learned little not using trial and error. Sometimes a small project turns big sometimes not. When I...

That costs cash...I am not built of money. For certain things like complicated plumbing problems, construction, etc. I am not against spending cash but I am 80% there on this project.

Thank you. The pipe I am looking for leads to a catch basin that is covered with grass. So the gutters lead to a pipe that goes around house at a slight slope. I have found all of these. But those pipes lead to the "dry well" - there is no catch basin...via a "final pipe" which the rest lead...

Ground penetrating radar is a solution but I read not the best solution for clay plus hard to find rental company. Anyone think LD-12 could work? I think it might. I will update this thread if I go ahead and try it...

Thanks for the reply :) Forgot to say I had a sonde (with locator) on the camera I rented. So I was able to locate all of the pipes except for the one going to the dry bed...the reason being is I did not see the opening plus it would be impossible to push the camera through all the...

I am having a tough time tracking down my underground drain system that the builder put in 15 years ago for my homes gutters / sump pump. I found all drains except for the final drain pipe that goes into my seepage "dry" bed. I have already run an expensive rental drain camera and a cheap...

TomFOhio - thank you!! I just needed a few keywords (I am a "sort of" DIY guy) fitting / cap / plug. I put a 1/2' plug on the white one. Will do the blue one next. It was scary because my sump pump is running and the white plastic pipe was on there too good for me to get leverage enough to...

Unfortunately not - there are studs where the drywall used to hang. I would have to do a lot of destruction to make it happen.

The prior home owner connected their water softener to the sump pump pipe at the very top. I do not have a water softener and want to disconnect the plastic tube. Long story on why I need to do this... There are 2 tubes. One is blue as you can see in the picture...this is for something else...