| Fit the new elbow over the end of the downspout and fasten it in place with sheet metal screws or pop rivets. |
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| I step outside to take a look and see that the downspout is clogged and water is gushing out of the gutter. |
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| Some people prefer to connect their downspout to underground pipes that carry water well away from the house. |
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| Unfortunately most gutter installers simply terminate the downspout with an elbow at the bottom. |
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| The tub's symmetrical design puts the valve, downspout, and soap shelf in the middle. |
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| Alternately, attach a length of downspout to the elbow or let the water drop from the elbow onto a concrete or plastic splash block. |
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| Add an extension, such as a 5-ft. length of downspout or any of several devices made for this purpose, to the end of each elbow. |
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| If your barrel has a lid, cut a hole in it where the new downspout elbow will drain into it. |
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| As with the roofing, make sure that lead-based solder was not used in gutter or downspout connections. |
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| To prevent things from going down the downspout, there are downspout strainers. |
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| A length of wooden guttering ran along the front, with a downspout at the end for disposing of rainwater. |
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| And, if you plant local aquatic species in a drainage ditch or under a downspout, they act as a natural filter for pesticides in the water. |
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| My trollius is planted on the North side of the house, practically right under a rain gutter downspout. |
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| A snap lock device is disclosed for hingedly securing an extension to a downspout. |
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| Is the metal downspout secured mechanically or bonded to the receiving tanker? |
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| Directing rain from a downspout into a rain barrel is another great way to diminish water waste. |
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| Install a rain barrel under your downspout and use the rain water for outdoor water needs! |
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| Use FLEX-Drain® with a standard downspout connector from your local hardware store or the new Flex-Drain adaptor. |
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| Provide eaves trough and downspout extensions or other means to ensure that precipitation is directed away from the foundation. |
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| Water harvesting system with roof catchment, gutter, downspout, storage and drip distribution system. |
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| Is the receiving tanker equipped with a metal downspout that reaches the bottom of the receiving compartment? |
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| Looking up, she saw that the 20-foot-long copper downspout previously attached to her two-story brick colonial had been stolen. |
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| Grain loaded into trains flowed from a shipping silo flowed through a downspout protruding from the bottom of the silo into the rail cars. |
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| You will need to cut your downspout and install a diverter to direct the water into the barrel. |
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| Clean rain gutter and redirect downspout runoff away from the foundation. |
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| Our downspout forming machine is designed to produce close type downspout after cold forming and auto whipstitching processes. |
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| Or a downspout clogged with leaves drains through a small crack in your window frame. |
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| Another way to manage your own storm water is to get a rain barrel, which can be attached to your downspout to store rainwater and prevent it from flooding your basement. |
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| They collect rainwater from the downspout in empty kitty-litter jugs for the toilet. |
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| Install downspout extensions to take rainwater and melted snow away from the home. |
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| One such program is downspout disconnection, which encourages residents to disconnect their downspouts to reduce the overflow of stormwater into the sewage system. |
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| Mr. Kraeutler's co-host, Leslie Segrete, remembers when her basement was saturated after a downpour because a gutter was disconnected from a pipe and a downspout was clogged. |
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| Rain barrels for downspout disconnection and grey water irrigation use. |
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| There is no diverter equipment because Tankspout connects directly to the conventional downspout with an included adapter. |
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| Just as a downspout does, they hang from a hole in the gutter, and the rain trickles down them to a splash block, drain system, or rain barrel. |
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| After all the gutters are cleaned out, run the water hose down the downspout at full pressure. |
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| This project will reduce stormwater flow into Black Creek through community participation by encouraging activities such as downspout diversions, property landscaping and large tree planting for increased canopy cover. |
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| Mr. Majorelle worked with a friend who owns a metal shop to build a wide copper pan, angled just below the downspout, to send water gushing into the garden. |
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| Are your eavestroughs and drains clear and does the downspout extend at least six feet away from your home? |
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| Cisterns can be as small as a barrel that catches water from a downspout or as large as an underground chamber or room in the basement that holds 20 000 litres or more. |
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| Choose a downspout as close to your garden as possible and make sure that the ground is level, as the weight of water might cause an already wobbly barrel to tip over. |
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| Re-attach the cut portion of your downspout to direct water away from your home and that of your neighbours during winter thaws or attach a temporary flexible gutter downspout. |
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| Other locations that may be conducive to termite activity include high-moisture areas near the roof downspout, sprinkler heads or air conditioner drip lines. |
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| The new catch basins are to be installed below each downspout for collection of water and distribution through plastic piping and diverted to the existing retention ponds. |
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