Downpipe looks untidy

[Bahco]

Hi

I want to do something with this down pipe to tidy it up as I have never been happy with how it has been installed.

Any ideas please?

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• Bahco
• 28 Aug 2010
• 1

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• Bahco
• 28 Aug 2010
• 1

 

[Nige F]

put a butt under it and save the planet too

 

[joe-90]

Somebody's butt needs kicking - that's hideous. Put it behind that fence and you won't see it.

 

[Bahco]

It has to drain into the soakaway next to the fence. That blooming window sill is in the way!.

How do they normally get round this problem as I don't have any need for a water butt.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Are you saying the soakaway is directly beneath the outlet?

 

[Bahco]

Are you saying the soakaway is directly beneath the outlet?

Yes. The pipe is configured to drain into the soakaway ( pictured with the ball in at the mo ) but looks naff because of the sill thats in the way.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Soakaways should be minimum 5m away from any buildings!

 

[Bahco]

Soakaways should be minimum 5m away from any buildings!

I know but I was hoping it would be ok as it is a conservatory.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

I suppose the conservatory will respect that if you ask it nicely!

 

[Bahco]

I suppose the conservatory will respect that if you ask it nicely!

Thanks now about this pipe?

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Well as it cranks over the window cill it seems to go a bit skewed! Surely the pipe/connection just needs repositioning/replacing so that its not skewed. Once it hits the ground it can go beneath the surface into the soakaway. Or do you object to the bend by the cill? In which case you'll have to find some longer brackets or try and fabricate some extensions out of some white UPVC.

 

[Nige F]

I think marley make long metal brackets - to go thru tile hanging normally

 

[Mw Roofline]

How wide is the gap between the two conservatory window cills? You could have the pipe going round, down between the two connys and then coming back out at the bottom. You could even bury the pipe and have it going into the side of the soakaway pot so the only pipe you would actually see is just the top part before it goes down the side. I'm rambling on again and not using paragraphs so i'll stop, It's only cus i'm starving and dinners almost ready so rushing a little, cheers.