Window Well drain clogged
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10-23-10, 11:53 AM
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Window Well drain clogged
My house was built in 1928. One window well (cinder block walls & cement base) is clogged with mud. I removed all the mud (3in) and all the rocks mixes with mud (6 more inches). I removed the cover at the bottom of the window well and found a mud impacted metal ball that the drain cover was screwed into. The ball seems to be hollow and the area around it is just muddy gravel. I removed as much of this as possible but water still does not drain. Anyone have an idea what is this ball's purpose? And what else i could do.
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10-23-10, 11:22 PM
window well drains are usually gravity & do not use pumps,,, we've installed, cleaned, replaced, & repaired them but never ran into a ' ball ',,, all i can guess is roto-rooter or replace it - could it be a drywell of sorts ? doesn't make much sense to me either but i'm grabbin' at straws,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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10-24-10, 06:41 PM
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cover with 10 1/4 in holes
Cover is on a hinge and had a screw in middle (had to drill it out ) and it has about 10 quarter inch diameter drainage holes.
Last edited by cphastings; 10-24-10 at 08:02 PM. Reason: add photo
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10-24-10, 07:41 PM
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sounds like the ball could be a float, that if it wasn't all filled with mud, rock and gravel, the ball would float when there was a large amount of water, and when the water was gone it would close. But that's just a guess.
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10-24-10, 08:05 PM
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photo try
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