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After 3 days of steady downpours my water butts are full to brimming, spent the last hour emptying one due to it overflowing down the side of the summerhouse (cue damp problems again) 330 litres from a couple of shed roofs in 3 days.

The shed is fairly new and I've recently fitted (turns out, badly) guttering. The summerhouse has a more cobbled together guttering affair which I need to have a better look at if its to last.

I love August.


 
Posted : 25/08/2020 7:21 pm
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Should overflow naturally, or is that the badly fitted bit?


 
Posted : 25/08/2020 7:23 pm
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Thats the badly fitted one, needs to run off into the pond rather than down the side of the summerhouse. However the plan to do that one sunny weekend in August has all but gone in a downpour or 5.


 
Posted : 25/08/2020 7:26 pm
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Hosepipe and gravity siphon into the pond?


 
Posted : 25/08/2020 7:33 pm
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You need to think about sizing.

I am a fan of larger ones, myself. I'm famously honest about such matters.


 
Posted : 25/08/2020 7:40 pm
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Maybe you need some kind of plug


 
Posted : 25/08/2020 7:54 pm
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You didn't lie.


 
Posted : 25/08/2020 7:57 pm
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I find myself unable to do so, Matt.


 
Posted : 25/08/2020 8:00 pm
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I’ve heard all your other siblings agree


 
Posted : 25/08/2020 8:07 pm
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This thread has me hooked and I can't stop staring.


 
Posted : 26/08/2020 7:47 am
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Yes, but only on steak night.


 
Posted : 26/08/2020 8:03 am
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Mine was uncomfortably dry for a week or two, but a visit from Ellen and Francis has sorted that out.


 
Posted : 26/08/2020 8:07 am
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Mine has a hole in it. And a crack right down the middle.


 
Posted : 26/08/2020 8:11 am
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Thought about joining the local gardening society to widen the circle of your friends?


 
Posted : 26/08/2020 11:13 am
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You need to think about sizing.

I am a fan of larger ones, myself. I’m famously honest about such matters.

Rename/Promotion to GrandmasterFlashheart?

Edit: Damnit, wrong bloke and SirMixALotFlashheart doesn't fit quite so well...


 
Posted : 26/08/2020 11:26 am
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Posted : 26/08/2020 12:06 pm
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My mum's is quite leaky, her rear garden is wetter than you would expect.


 
Posted : 26/08/2020 1:34 pm

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