Roof Drain Added To Prevent Ponding Currently Located Beneath Pond

SATIRE / FICTION

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An inspection team used an as-built drawing Friday to locate a roof drain currently beneath the pond it had been installed to help prevent.

The drawing placed the drain in the correct roof area. Water also occupied that area, giving the team confidence in the map while limiting its usefulness as a visual reference. A small accumulation of leaves was described in the record as an unofficial landscaping layer.

The maintenance log listed the drain as checked. The team could not determine from the entry whether this meant inspected, located, or selected on a form. No conclusion about the cause of the standing water was recorded.

'We're confident it's doing everything it can from underneath there,' the property contact said, reviewing a photograph of the general location. The drain remained the least visible drainage feature in the photograph.

The inspection report recommended further assessment and keeping the drain above the list of deferred maintenance.