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Downpipe drain advice please
Slinky
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A while ago one of the lovely plumbing experts posted up a drain fitting for use where downpipes leading into the surface water drainage pipes could be blocked by leaf debris, instead of relying on hedgehog thing in the gutter. I can't really describe it better than that! The sort of thing you shove your gloved hand in to the drain to drag the grot out.
Does anybody recognise this description to point me in the right direction please?
Make £2026 in 2026
Prolific £177.46, TCB £10.90, Everup £27.79, Roadkill £1.17
Total £217.32 10.7%
Prolific £177.46, TCB £10.90, Everup £27.79, Roadkill £1.17
Total £217.32 10.7%
Make £2025 in 2025 Total £2241.23/£2025 110.7%
Prolific £1062.50, Octopoints £6.64, TCB £492.05, Tesco Clubcard challenges £89.90, Misc Sales £321, Airtime £70, Shopmium £53.06, Everup £106.08, Zopa CB £30, Misc survey £10
Make £2024 in 2024 Total £1410/£2024 70%
Prolific £1062.50, Octopoints £6.64, TCB £492.05, Tesco Clubcard challenges £89.90, Misc Sales £321, Airtime £70, Shopmium £53.06, Everup £106.08, Zopa CB £30, Misc survey £10
Make £2024 in 2024 Total £1410/£2024 70%
Make £2023 in 2023 Total: £2606.33/£2023 128.8%
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Yay, that's the thing. Thanks very much.
Make £2026 in 2026
Prolific £177.46, TCB £10.90, Everup £27.79, Roadkill £1.17
Total £217.32 10.7%Make £2025 in 2025 Total £2241.23/£2025 110.7%
Prolific £1062.50, Octopoints £6.64, TCB £492.05, Tesco Clubcard challenges £89.90, Misc Sales £321, Airtime £70, Shopmium £53.06, Everup £106.08, Zopa CB £30, Misc survey £10
Make £2024 in 2024 Total £1410/£2024 70%Make £2023 in 2023 Total: £2606.33/£2023 128.8%0 -
How about one of these
https://www.celticwater.co.uk/leaf-catcher-downpipe-leaf-trap/
It fits inline in the downpipe, and you clear it at waist height.1 -
grumbler said:this?
Full name is Floplast leaf/debris interceptor gully - Not a particularly cheap item, but well worth it in my opinion. Waiting for the end of a spell of CBA to fit a third one on a new downpipe.
Any language construct that forces such insanity in this case should be abandoned without regrets. –
Erik Aronesty, 2014
Treasure the moments that you have. Savour them for as long as you can for they will never come back again.0 -
Ok, I'll crack... What the hell is CB...
Oh, I think I just worked it out
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Has anyone else noticed an increase in this in recent weeks?
I find a good way of dealing with it is to find a seat in a shady and breezy area and doing a crossword.Play with the expectation of winning not the fear of failure. S.Clarke1 -
Eldi_Dos said: Has anyone else noticed an increase in this in recent weeks?
I find a good way of dealing with it is to find a seat in a shady and breezy area and doing a crossword.More than just a few weeks.I'll often sit outside in an evening (after 10PM), a large glass of port in one hand, and a cat curled up on my lap. Fell asleep out there for an hour or so on Sunday.
Any language construct that forces such insanity in this case should be abandoned without regrets. –
Erik Aronesty, 2014
Treasure the moments that you have. Savour them for as long as you can for they will never come back again.2 -
Chickereeeee said:How about one of these
https://www.celticwater.co.uk/leaf-catcher-downpipe-leaf-trap/
It fits inline in the downpipe, and you clear it at waist height.
Might have to go with one of those. We had loads of trades all turn up this morning at the same time and by the time I got to the groundworker, he'd already fitted a standard fitting and I hadn't the heart to make him change it. He's had such a horrible job trying to get out the old pipework which was encased in thick concrete.
Make £2026 in 2026
Prolific £177.46, TCB £10.90, Everup £27.79, Roadkill £1.17
Total £217.32 10.7%Make £2025 in 2025 Total £2241.23/£2025 110.7%
Prolific £1062.50, Octopoints £6.64, TCB £492.05, Tesco Clubcard challenges £89.90, Misc Sales £321, Airtime £70, Shopmium £53.06, Everup £106.08, Zopa CB £30, Misc survey £10
Make £2024 in 2024 Total £1410/£2024 70%Make £2023 in 2023 Total: £2606.33/£2023 128.8%1
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