A pipe to carry rainwater from a roof to a drain or to ground level.
〈英〉水落管
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When he pulled the gunk out that was blocking the downpipe, it roared and shook as the water drained away.
Elsewhere, a section of James Street has benefited from a project involving the replacement of downpipes and facade improvements.
If you are on the top floor, the source of the problem may be coming from a defective gutter or downpipe, or defective roof covering.
Also at that time I had a 2700 litre water tank installed in my side yard and had a plumber redirect all my downpipes into the empty pool and water tank.
If he had requested, prior to the ingress of water, that Richmond check the rainwater downpipes and outlets, one might have expected him to have mentioned that in this letter.
The source of the dampness penetration can be - and must be - eradicated and quite clearly this will require simply replacing the defective rainwater downpipes.
Waterfalls of algae stained the outside walls where the downpipes leaked, sometimes forming great puddles that would block the close entrances.
He said the droppings had blocked the gutters and downpipes on the building, causing water to seep into the roof timbers.
On the other hand the stormwater downpipes that just discharge onto the ground didn't seem to cause any problems, so that may be how we do the stormwater separation.
‘The wiring needs renewing and the chimneys, roof and downpipes are in a serious state of disrepair,’ said the aristocrat.
You can buy diverters that cost less than £5, which will channel water from a downpipe to a water butt or hose.
He built a chute which taps into the roof downpipe, and diverts the water into a barrel.
We'd already decided that the guttering and downpipes need upgrading but now it looks like a new floor complete with damp-proof membrane is going to be needed.
He said the problem of flooding was caused by a blocked drainpipe and corrected by a redesign and additional downpipes.
Check the condition of the gutters and, for replacement, use good quality cast iron or cast aluminium guttering and downpipes.
With downpipes and guttering pulled off the building.
So this morning the unfortunate plumber is fixing my downpipe, which is, as it turns out, a minor job after all.
The cast iron gutters with copper downpipes need to be cleaned and painted with special paint.
Valleys are secured and tensioned at each side by chains which go inside the thin white downpipes to fixings over drainage holes in the paving.
Roofs are of corrugated iron drained by copper spouts and downpipes.