Rust is the Enemy

[Susquatch]

We never came to a good theory. It worked fine, some dummy poured dirty tumbler water down it, it turned slow.

Current idea is to make a "french drain", vacuum or auger down to get rid of old product and replace with all fresh gravel. Local rental yard smallest auger is 4" so I'm thinking more vacuum

I remember your problem. I even remember the dummy with the dirty water......

I did have a problem once with air conditioning condensate going into a hole in the concrete that slowly plugged up. I think that was calcium leaching out of the gravel. I just drilled a bigger hole and jiggled the gravel. It worked till we sold the house..

The problem here is that I fill a 5 gallon pail daily. I'd bet my gravel couldn't take it. Someday I might run a plastic line out through the wall into the yard drain which goes to my pond. That would never plug up. I need to add that to my project list.

 

[140mower]

We never came to a good theory. It worked fine, some dummy poured dirty tumbler water down it, it turned slow.

Current idea is to make a "french drain", vacuum or auger down to get rid of old product and replace with all fresh gravel. Local rental yard smallest auger is 4" so I'm thinking more vacuum

Have you tried a drain cleaning pressure washer end? If all you have is a silted low spot this might be enough....

 

[Susquatch]

Have you tried a drain cleaning pressure washer end? If all you have is a silted low spot this might be enough....

I'll bite. What does that look like?

 

[Chicken lights]

Have you tried a drain cleaning pressure washer end? If all you have is a silted low spot this might be enough....

There's no "drain", I cut a 4" round hole in the concrete floor to make one. That was a second thought, to drill down eight feet somehow and put in a drain pipe somehow but that's getting technical

 

[140mower]

I'll bite. What does that look like?

It goes on the end of the hose after removing the wand.

 

[Susquatch]

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It goes on the end of the hose after removing the wand.

So, if I understand that gizmo, it squirts water out the front nozzle to clean ahead of itself, and put several rear facing holes to jet itself forward through the pipe?

 

[140mower]

So, if I understand that gizmo, it squirts water out the front nozzle to clean ahead of itself, and put several rear facing holes to jet itself forward through the pipe?

Yes, I don't own one, but have heard decent reports..... As it pushes it's self along, you pull it back a little bit and jiggle it along from what I ga88ther..... I am blessed here for drainage as I am on old river bed, anything that runs into that gravel is gone..... Of course, being downstream of a hydro dam or three, living in an old river bed may have its own temporary issues....