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    Default Cheap DIY guttering ideas?

    Hi all
    I've got a dicky bit of area between a bungalow and a fence. Will put up one sheet of corrugated roofing to cover the area. Would like to run water off to a garden and looking at ideas for a cheap guttering alternative.
    I have some PVC pipe lying around and thought I could cut a channell into it so it slips on over the corrugation and place a cap on either end to hold it in place. Then put a hole and a smaller PVC to run off water to where I want it. So Water runs down roof and into pipe which acts like a gutter.
    Any other inventive ideas out there?
    Cheers
    McBlurter

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    G'day Mcblurter,
    With the price of galv spouting through the roof, I reckon you've struck the cheapest/easiest way to go.
    I did 12 metres of shed roof with PVC, and it was a breeze to do.
    What I learnt:
    Seal ends and any joins before cutting the slot.
    Use PVC fittings for the down pipe connection
    Then cut the slot
    I used two methods:
    A jig that run along the long sections of pipe through which a jig saw fitted (WOFTAM)
    Run the long lengths of pipe through the table saw (Easy)
    As you're only using 1 length of tin...It'll be a piece of cake.
    Regards,
    Noel
    Last edited by watson; 11th January 2007 at 04:50 PM. Reason: Addition

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    Howdy, McBlurter.

    First, I suggest an elbow at one end, with same size pipe for the downdrain, to assure adequate water flow.

    Second, depending on nearby/overhead foliage, it may be advisable to cut some half-round openings in the pipe above the roof, to enable flushing leaves, pine needles, etc.

    Joe
    Of course truth is stranger than fiction.
    Fiction has to make sense. - Mark Twain

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    Dear Joe and Watson
    Thanks for the tips, they've been very helpful
    Cheers
    Mcblurter

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