Seepage bed getting saturated

[enochian]

All of my downspouts and sump pump lines go to a seepage bed behind my house.

But with all the rain we have been getting, it is becoming backed up.

Is there anyway to dig up the PVC pipes in the bed and bypass them somehow?

 

[Terry]

Is there anyway to dig up the PVC pipes in the bed and bypass them somehow?

Always.
Do you have a pit with broken rock, topped with fabric to keep dirt from packing it in for the water to dump to?
For some developments, they require detention ponds, or some sort of storage capicity for sudden rainfalls.

 

[Sponsor]

 

[enochian]

It looks like the rest of my lawn, but more wet.


Not sure how it was constructed below the surface.

 

[enochian]

Hi Terry,

Please see this image of the seepage bed.

The workers said it was PVC pipe in clean stone underneath.

And I do know I have clay soil.

 

[Reach4]

But with all the rain we have been getting, it is becoming backed up.

What does backed up mean? Does it mean that the water overflows the gutters, or that a puddle forms on the surface of the ground, or what?

 

[enochian]

Does it mean that the water overflows the gutters

It would overflow the gutters if there was not a Y PVC fitting for overflow.

 

[Reach4]

It would overflow the gutters if there was not a Y PVC fitting for overflow.

You may have a clog blocking the path.

I would try opening a path at the downspouts, and blow a leaf blower into that pipe in the yard.

Then add a leaf filter to downspouts to keep leaves from going in.

https://www.menards.com/main/buildi...te-trade-downspout-filter/p-1444436101753.htm

There are others that cost more.

There are filters that go up top, but you have to climb a ladder to clean them.

I am not a pro.

 

[enochian]

My sump pump line, which goes to the seepage bed, is also backed up.

Water spurts from the wall in the basement.

I ran a long snake through that cleanout before. I think its just saturated.

 

[Reach4]

I ran a long snake through that cleanout before. I think its just saturated.

So you see water standing down there. How is the elevation? If it is saturated, water would rise in the pipe. If that happens, how about cutting the pipe shorter, and putting a pop-up on top? A laser level is nice for studying elevations at night.

A little snake could push through leaves. How about borrowing the most powerful leaf blower in the neighborhood.

Otherwise, you could start digging. Expand the hole and put in more rock.

 

[enochian]

Is there any way to drain the seepage bed pipe onto the surface without freezing?

 

[Reach4]

Is there any way to drain the seepage bed pipe onto the surface without freezing?

What cause you to think the water is getting to the pictured area? Is that area becoming really soggy at the surface? Or are you thinking that since that the gutter end is not taking the water, the problem is a saturated seepage bed?