Hello everybody.. I have had major flooding in my basement..I have patched it senseless and now I believe that the whole problem is coming from the downspout located right near where the leak is. The downspout is in a black pipe type thing and I have run a snake in it and I still don't think it is working right...my question is if I bury several extend a gutter pipes to this straight downspout..(after I break the pipe somehow to get to the downspout) do I have to cover this pipe thing or just leave whatever I don't break..and if I do leave it shouldn't I cover it so that the rain doesn't find its way to soak my basement anymore. I am so trying to fix this on my own...SS disablity doesn't pay a whole lot and I can only physically do so much. Thank you for any advise you can give me...I know we are expecting rain in CT again this week so I am trying to do it before it comes... Thanks again everybody.

I'm not quitting yet, and I have a couple days of rain ahead of me to rebuild my enthusiasm, but after getting as far as I have, I'm wondering how often professional roofers get called in by do-it-yourselfers who found out the hard way that they'd rather hire someone to do the job. I have a generally straight forward roof.. I have a bungalo with an 8:12 pitch roof, with an addition that's maybe 4:12. I started with the 4:12 area which I've completed, and in the evenings after work I've done about 5 courses on the adjacent 8:12 roof... I'm obviously not so afraid of heights that I can't get up on the roof, but I definitely start freezing up a little if I get too close to the edge, and when it comes to working near the edge on the steep part of the roof, it makes small amounts of progress exhausting. Or perhaps does anyone have any tips that might help one such as myself, who is a a little adventuresome-ness deficient, feel a little more secure?