Why is water streaming down my driveway after heavy rain?
Heavy rain can cause water to stream down a driveway, leading people to suspect a leak even though shutting off the main water and sprinkler lines does not stop the flow. Without knowing the source, homeowners are left unable to troubleshoot the problem or figure out how to fix related water damage by the door.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1turning off sprinkler and main water supplies
- 2calling the city to investigate
- 3waiting for the water to stop on its own
- 4Checking door seals, examining bottom tracks during heavy sideways rain, and clearing clogged weep holes on the exterior frame.
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“There appears to be water damage on our hardwood by the door, but does anyone have ideas about why it might be happening or how to fix it?”source ↗
“after some heavy rain we see this water in the driveway streaming down and thought we had a leak.”source ↗
“Troubleshooting - we turned off the water for the sprinklers and then the main water…nothing helped and it still trickled down.”source ↗
“It rained heavily and now the water started going again.”source ↗
Where this came up
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