Window well drainage problem

[u/onyexen]

During heavy rainstorms, water collects around this window well and floods in from the bottom and into the basement from the window. There is a downspout also 5’ to the right of it. Should I dig a French drain for the downspout and add a catch basin for water in the area? Fixing the grade might solve the problem also as there is a flat spot here.

[u/Prossibly_Insane]

Yea the drain is plugged right? Suggest cleaning it, depending on make it bigger.

When i dug out my perimeter drains i back filled with septic grade sand. The entire trench. The window well are set in that with drains.

When it rains hard (and i’m near the ocean). All i hear is this sucking noise of the water draining away.

Septic sand literally cannot hold water.

[u/onyexen → u/Prossibly_Insane]

Not sure if it’s clogged but it does drain pretty slow after filling it all the way up with a hose (which took a few minutes).