Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Down pipe on front of house? 2Sep 18, 2013 10:24 pm ----------------------------------------------- http://pab34newdigs.blogspot.com.au/ ----------------------------------------------- Re: Down pipe on front of house? 3Sep 18, 2013 10:34 pm 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Down pipe on front of house? 5Sep 19, 2013 9:17 pm I have seen houses where builders have moved a downpipe to another location but this is not a good idea for the following reasons... Eaves gutters are installed in a W pattern. The low(est) point is where the downpipe is fitted and the high points either side determine the roof area drained and the gutter's slope. If a downpipe is moved, the roof area drained does not alter as the high points do not change. HOWEVER, if the downpipe is moved away from the low point, the water will pool at the low point unless the gutter slope is changed. If the gutter slope is changed, one side of the downpipe's new location will have a greater slope and the other side will have a lesser slope. This can cause drainage and flow/flushing issues that can also result in ponding. Not good! 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Hi HomeOne, I'm in the midst of landscaping a cat run down the side of my house, and the recent rains have me wondering if I need to install some sort of drainage. I've… 0 12212 OK it's been a little while! I've been busy getting time where I can to work on this. I started by grading a pad (borrowing a… 26 19869 yep sounds good make the footing bigger to to allow for the pipe in the middle 3 7250 |