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<blockquote data-quote="Mad_Jack" data-source="post: 9410620" data-attributes="member: 6750306">My neighborhood is on a hill and my yard slopes downward from back to front. As soon as the storm drains get overwhelmed on the street above/behind us, the water begins forming a river coming down through my side yard and flowing into my submerged patio. This usually happens once every five or eight years, but last winter it happened five times in a couple months, though not very badly.&nbsp; &nbsp; Once the water coming in exceeds the ability of the drain pipe to carry it out, the water rises in the patio and eventually begins coming in under the patio door, as well as through the floor drain in the garage since it's connected to the patio drainage pipe.&nbsp;&nbsp; If I don't get the pumps set up in time to drain the patio (i.e., I'm not home when it floods), eventually I just give up on it, open the patio door and the garage door and just let the water flow through the house.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mad_Jack, post: 9410620, member: 6750306"] My neighborhood is on a hill and my yard slopes downward from back to front. As soon as the storm drains get overwhelmed on the street above/behind us, the water begins forming a river coming down through my side yard and flowing into my submerged patio. This usually happens once every five or eight years, but last winter it happened five times in a couple months, though not very badly. Once the water coming in exceeds the ability of the drain pipe to carry it out, the water rises in the patio and eventually begins coming in under the patio door, as well as through the floor drain in the garage since it's connected to the patio drainage pipe. If I don't get the pumps set up in time to drain the patio (i.e., I'm not home when it floods), eventually I just give up on it, open the patio door and the garage door and just let the water flow through the house. [/QUOTE]

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