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Can I put a water butt on a neighbour's downpipe?

Miri_J · 2025-05-19 12:42:53

I've recently moved to a modern terraced house. My gutters discharge into a drain in my neighbour's garden. It's round a corner and too far away from my garden, so there's no chance of putting a water butt there. At the back of my garden, another neighbour has a garage that backs onto my garden. It has a gutter with a…

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twopenny Posts: 8,277 Forumite

21 May at 10:14AM edited 21 May at 10:15AM

I use a dustbin for the surplus water I collect from the house, indoors. Painted said bin to look better.

Small shed? You can use a chain attached to guttering and the rainwater will run down that into a butt, small pond or recepticle of your choice. Quick and easy.
From galvanised chain cheap to fancy drops.
Seems they make a whole smart effort for it now but a simple hole and funnel or similar will work.
They are called rain chains.

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