Drain Cleaning

MickeyShtyles

I have a drain running from the gable end of the house, under the road and across a field down to a small stream. Over the years the land has been let out and the drain has gradually become blocked to the extent that it's almost stagnant for most of the year.
What are my options?
A) Clear the whole lot out and lay a pipe running from the road to the stream....
Dig it all up and lay a trench of gravel, aggregate.....
Any advice would be helpful.
(Attached picture is drain in question)
Thanks in advance
-MickeyShtyles

blue5000

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Hi OP these guys in New Ross sold me a 'bullet' that goes on the end of a power hose. Works well for unblocking small 4 inch pipes. I reckon you'd need a digger for the rest of your drain.

MickeyShtyles

Cheers Blue5000, Have you done this sort of work before? And if so, what sort of system would you put in place?
This is the section just before the stretch down to the stream...

Bizzum

What size pipe carries the water under the road?

Where does the water come from?

MickeyShtyles

It runs off the land at the back of the house, down a gulley in the yard and under the road. It's a 4" pipe. There's also standing water that lays in a hollow stretch about 50 yards in length.
Here's a picture of it.

blue5000

I reckon you might need a silt trap at the bginning of the pipe before it goes under the road. A 200L barrel would work if you had a vac tank to empty it out when it is full. A silt trap would help stop the pipe getting blocked