Recent content by Jo Gan

Just a quick update, I've taken the simple route of just removing the downpipe and re-angling the gutter so that they flow to another downpipe. It's been a month and things seem to work fine. No puddles of water in my front yard and no flooding in my neighter's gully either so it's all good.

Yeah, I can see the end of the downpipe. It looks like the previous owner may have concreted the whole front bit over and covered the gulley. I might just get a chisel and see what's under the concrete because looking at all the houses on my road, there should be a gulley where that drain pipe...

I think it has but hasn't really occurred to me only until the last few month as I was wondering why is the insides of the shed wet. Do you know who will be able to fit a gully? A roofer or builder?

Yeah, will definitely have to check the fall. Might have to lift the gutter up a little bit as well to redirect water away if I'm going that route. Can't really take the water elsewhere. The downpipe leads into my front yard. Behind the shed is a brick wall and behind that is a pedestrian path...

Thanks for the reply. Definitely no sign of it being covered up unless someone concreted it over or something. I think there shouldn't be a problem removing the downpipe but not sure if there will then be too much water and overflow the gutter.

Hello everyone, This is my first post and just wondering if anyone could help me with a small matter. We bought the house a few years back but have only just realised that the downpipe from the gutter seems to lead to the front 'yard' which results in a mini flood everytime it rains. I may...