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Downpipe connection with guttering

emc · 2023-01-05 22:03:12

The downpipe on my 3 storey house is joined to the gutter running outlet via offset bends, and recently the top of the offset bend came out from the gutter outlet, so that rainwater from the gutter outlet was not draining into the offset bend and thence into the pipe, but splashing onto the wall of the house. A gutter…

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MikeJXE Posts: 3,928 Forumite

6 January 2023 at 7:38PM

I worked on building sites since 1960 when all tradesmen started as apprentices,

Not anymore

Some gas fitters some electricians but most pick it up as they go along in todays world

As for fitting downspouts the plumbers are too busy so the job may get handed down to a labourer

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