Fitting Downpipe To Gutter

Your gutters must comply with national plumbing and drainage code as nzs 3500 3 2003 which you can find in your local library.

Fitting downpipe to gutter.

You ll need to use your plumb bob again dropping it through the outlet to give you a perfectly straight guide down the wall. You can add a downspout to your gutters with little difficulty. Ensure a 6mm gap is left at the top of the downpipe for expansion. Check out our range of guttering spouting products at your local bunnings warehouse.

Now your guttering s fitted into place. The minimum gutter fall to a downpipe is 1 500 meaning an extra 2mm of fall for each metre of gutter. Watch and learn how and stop. To attach round downpipes to square gutters you must use a sq rd downpipe adaptor.

Gutters over flows add downspout to bring water down from roof faster. You re ready for fitting your downpipe. Visit us today for the widest range of plumbing products. Guttering should use either a round or square downpipe.

Find downspout components at lowe s today. Measure from the gutter to the wall of the house and then from the gutter to the ground. Before buying talk with your supplier to ensure the gutter system you have selected meets the criteria. The amerimax home products flex a spout downspout extension has the amerimax home products flex a spout downspout extension has a rigid corrugated design for versatility.

The offset bends can be push fit using a pipe clip ensure a pipe clip is fitted under the socket on the pipe immediately below the offset. The downpipe will probably require a couple of offset bends fitting just below the gutter outlet so the pipe can be fixed against the wall. If your gutters overflow regularly during heavy rains you may want to consider adding an extra downspout. Again as with the gutter this can be cut easily with a hacksaw and deburred with a half round file.

Make sure you mark this straight drop on the wall showing where the downpipe will be.