Stick a hose and run water down the gutter and walk around your yard looking for a exit.
Gutter drains where do they go.
Clean gutters regularly to keep rainwater flowing freely.
If the vertical pipe is clear the next thing to check is the termination point of your drainage system or the opening from which the water drains into the sewer a drywell or elsewhere on the property.
Check for underground clogs.
The concrete floor around the drain gently.
Drainage basics most standard drainage systems have a downspout that catches water from the gutters on the roof and deposits it some small distance around 1 3 feet away from the house s.
Gutters dont drain into sewers.
10 gutter and downspout runoff tips.
But the water could still puddle next to the foundation.
If this opening is clogged with leaves or other debris removing it may often solve the problem.
Your home s main gutter system gathers rainwater from the roof line and controls its path down the house to ground.
If using a splash block at end of downspout be sure the splash block and ground upon which it rests slope.
Attach elbow to bottom end of downspout and connect a downspout extension to carry rainwater away from the foundation.
Even if you have a sump pump installed water can get into your home s basement if you don t have effective gutters.
It probably drains somewhere in your yard.
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 roof runoff or surface and subsurface runoff or both.
And you can only see where if it downpours maybe.