Rain Gutter Made From Irrigation Pipe

Rain Gutter Made From Irrigation Pipe BUILDINGS New Techniques Ordinary 8-in aluminum furrow irrigation pipe can be used to make low-cost rain gutters says Leo Bottoms Gould Ark who came up with a gutter system for his 75 by 150-ft shed The home-built gutter empties into a downspout that leads to an underground pipe that runs to a pond about 80 ft from his shed “I had a lot of leftover aluminum pipe after I switched to using flexible poly thin wall pipe ” says Bottoms “The shed has a corrugated metal roof and all the rain water really messed up my yard Residential gutters would have been too small to handle so much runoff ” He used a jigsaw to cut a 1 1/2-in wide gap along the entire length of the pipe Then he slid the pipe up over the edge of the roof so it extends about 2 in inside the pipe He cut out pieces of a 1-gal plastic jug to partially seal both ends of the gutter To support the pipe he bent a length of 1-in angle iron to match the pitch of the roof and then screwed it onto the underside of the roof and also to the shop wall The downspout is made from the same irrigation pipe and is connected by a T-fitting at the middle of the gutter An elbow connects the bottom of the downspout to a length of irrigation pipe buried in the ground “It cost almost nothing to build and has held up over the years with no problems ” says Bottoms “The roof corrugations are about 1 in deep so the 1 1/2-in gap in the pipe leaves plenty of room for water to enter the gutter The pipe came with slide gates spaced 30 in apart which I turned up so they’re out of the way ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Leo Bottoms 899 Hwy 212 W Gould Ark 71643 ph 870 377-1305

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