No work being done today, but just wanted to report on my jerry rigged drainage solution…
It FAILED.
Some key things that happened today:
How It Failed
So, I screwed each connection together with one screw, as was done with the downspout segments already existing. They held up, but when the rain turned torrential, the weight experienced at the first few extensions was heavy enough to pull down on the existing downspout. Because there was only one screw, it straightened out, which produced a bunch of slack, and created a low point near the start, and all the water came pouring out there. FML
Thankfully, most of it was caught by the tarp. I kind of froze, thinking it may slow down. Also, I really just didn’t want to go out there, so I just left it like that. I probably should have, because it kept going at that rate for like another hour. Oh well. I think in the end it didn’t do any real damage.