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Pam Moore[_2_] · 05-09-2010, 10:53 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On Sat, 4 Sep 2010 11:11:53 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On 4 Sep, 12:49, "'Mike'" wrote:
"Pam Moore" wrote in message

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On Thu, 2 Sep 2010 23:27:05 +0100, "'Mike'"
wrote:

'Could' you, I mean is it possible physically, to cut into the gutter and
fit a downpipe AND is there a drain nearby? If so you could fit one of
those
gismos which diverts water into the waterbut, but when it is full, water
automatically diverts back to the drain.

'IF' you have a gutter and 'IF' you have a drain

Mike

I have a gutter but no downpope, no drain. The downpipes on both sides
are 2 doors away, not even next door and my neighbours are not
gardeners.
Is there any way I could shut off the downpipe when the butt was full?
It's bothered me for years.

Pam in Bristol

I feel that you are on a looser here Pam because of the two down pipes being
two doors away. I would imagine that your bit of gutter is at the highest
point of the run i.e. water entering the gutter from your bit of roof,
either goes left or right looking for a downpipe, the chances are that very
little water is in your bit of gutter.

And no, not as far as I am aware is there a way of fitting a tap in a
downpipe. In any case the joints are not 'waterproof' and if a tap were
fitted just above the butt, water still in the pipe would leak out through
the joints unless all joints were sealed.

This assumes that normal downpipe bore is required. A butt should fill
eventually with a much narrower pipe which could be properly sealed,
but make the tap removable for rodding out the roof debris which will
inevitably clog it.

Also, does the OP have any smaller roofs available? After all, many an
allotment butt fills from its tiny tool shed. I have a small butt
which fills from gutters on a tool bunker and raised cold frame.

Chris

Sadly, to the last question, no, there are no other available roofs.
Thanks anyway

Pam in Bristol