nealtw
Contractor retired
I think we can agree that you are putting more water down there than the system can handle.
In older systems they laid 12" long pipes around the house so it could pick up water around the foundation and then they ran the downspouts in there too.
It worked fine when it was new but as the system fills with mud and crap, instead of picking up water it leaks water around the foundation..
In new houses they install 2 pipes, one for the down spouts and one for the perimeter drain.
The old pipe systems were made out of terracotta tile or concrete tile, they can be full or broken and collapsed. So the fix would be to dig around the house and repair and replace or devert the downspout with another system and hope the perimeter drain can still handle the lower stuff or run a system inside the foundation with trench in the floor and a sump pump.
Sorry there is no good news here.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fTLfdZ1cdE[/ame]
In older systems they laid 12" long pipes around the house so it could pick up water around the foundation and then they ran the downspouts in there too.
It worked fine when it was new but as the system fills with mud and crap, instead of picking up water it leaks water around the foundation..
In new houses they install 2 pipes, one for the down spouts and one for the perimeter drain.
The old pipe systems were made out of terracotta tile or concrete tile, they can be full or broken and collapsed. So the fix would be to dig around the house and repair and replace or devert the downspout with another system and hope the perimeter drain can still handle the lower stuff or run a system inside the foundation with trench in the floor and a sump pump.
Sorry there is no good news here.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fTLfdZ1cdE[/ame]
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