Browse Forums General Discussion 1 May 01, 2015 2:43 pm TLDR - Gutters and downpipes flow inside house and are condensating from hail. Is there a way to stop this? Our house has rain gutters which don't run along the outside of the house. The colourbond roofs pitch towards the centre of the house where gutters collect the water before the downpipes take the water inside the house (sort of like a funnel). The pipe goes first into the attic then via 2 bedrooms (the water from the ducted aircons in these two rooms also flow into this pipe) before it goes down to the ground floor, then presumably into the retention tank and then sewer system. It can sound a bit noisy when it rains but the problem was last week with the pile up of hail we had here in Sydney. After hearing dripping sounds, I put my head in the attic for the first time and realised that I was staring at the underside of the gutter and it was condensating because of the temperature difference. Only some of the gutters were directly visible, most of it seems to be hovering around an inch above wood supports in the attic. All the other pipes i could see in the attic space were also condensating. It was condensation as in the rain now I can see none of the same issues. My question is, is there a way to stop this from happening again? Do I need to try and put something on the underside of the gutters (although this is not possible for all the gutter as most of it is hovering above wood supports) and/or wrap something around the pvc piping? If there is also a way this could reduce noise as well then that would be ideal. Yes it is a weird design. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Rain gutter that runs through the inside of house 3May 02, 2015 8:36 am Condensation happens when a cold surface ( your gutter & downpipe ) meets a warm surface ( your ceiling space ). You need to insulate the former from the latter by installing some batts and some sarking. Holding it all in place so it is effective will be your biggest challenge - probably a combo of timber battens, stapling and duct tape. Stewie Hi When it rains in a particular direction water comes through the security door. It hits the main door and the bottom swells and jams. There is already a cover over the… 0 38444 The bottom of the downpipe has been taped (see the black tape) to seal the necessary gap between the downpipe and the adaptor that would normally prevent the downpipe… 3 9225 No, I even have sections of narrowness where the tiles won't slide up any further. When I manage some spare time, I might play around with the first DIY part of my… 7 4931 |