Yesterday’s nice weather was a good day to check winter’s damage and begin making repairs outside your home. Beginning last fall I began noticing that a downspout was overflowing, and washing away the landscape mulch. With the downpours we’ve had recently, it had to be fixed.
Thinking the drain pipe was just plugged, I called RotoRooter. However, they determined that the pipe must be broken, requiring some potentially major digging.
Time to call in the pros – my kids. One of my sons-in-law has worked in the landscape business since high school (a long time ago) so he’s my go-to guy for the green things. He & my daughter work for the same company, Outdoor Makeovers. They, and my other son-in-law plus assorted neighbors, helped with the project.
We found that the pipe was broken near the sidewalk, resulting in the lower portion being packed with dirt over the years. For some reason, a perfed pipe was used under the sidewalk which had allowed for dirt to infiltrate to begin with. As you’ll see in the video, the downspout wasn’t seated into the drain pipe so that needed fixed as well.
If you’re thinking of having landscape work done this spring, I highly recommend a call to Bruce, the sales manager at Outdoor Makeovers, at 614-777-8757 to discuss your project. If Pam answers, tell her you read her Mom’s blog. 
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