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Janet · 17-03-2012, 07:37 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

In article ,
says...

wrote in news:3bj9m75jr3c2lbsuhkv5haa7u20q45p261@
4ax.com:

there's a fair
amount of solid material that come down the downpipe.

I saw a diverter today (at B&Q) with some kind of filtering system but the
price was about £16 or so. I thought "I bet I can jerry-rig something just
as effective, using scraps of this, that and the other.."

Ours came off a low roof and we just fitted a filter at the gutter top
end before the water enetered the downpipe. IIRC the filter was a plastic
dish scrubbing pad.

Janet