Eaves through covers to keep the leaves out

[aczlan]

How about a downspout screen just before it goes into the ground to dump the crud out and let the water go through?
Something like this:


Aaron Z

 

[fried1765]

Thank you for finally revealing to this "lower 48'er" what Mike Holmes has been saying on his TV program "Make it right" all these years.
I could never figure out what an "Eve-strop" was ! eh? :laughing:

"Eve strop" ????
I have never heard of "eve-strop"

I think you mean "eve trough".
It is a common term in Canada, and the USA also.

 

[bcp]

Eve's trough: After they named the animals, she built a place for them to drink.



Bruce

 

[lman]

I have eavestrough/gutters on my house.

 

[goeduck]

How about a downspout screen just before it goes into the ground to dump the crud out and let the water go through?
Something like this:
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Aaron Z

That is very much like what I made except mine were funnels with screens inside. That style is self cleaning (except for needles), I like it. Are they available commercially?

 

[aczlan]

That is very much like what I made except mine were funnels with screens inside. That style is self cleaning (except for needles), I like it. Are they available commercially?

They seem to be, they run about $13 each (or $8 each if you buy a case of 48): Debris Filter / Ice Guard - Waterproof.com

I also found these: https://www.amazon.com/Amerimax-InvisaFlow-Downspout-Strainer-Filter/dp/B07QRS7KVF/

Aaron Z

 

[goeduck]

They seem to be, they run about $13 each (or $8 each if you buy a case of 48): Debris Filter / Ice Guard - Waterproof.com

I also found these: https://www.amazon.com/Amerimax-InvisaFlow-Downspout-Strainer-Filter/dp/B07QRS7KVF/

Aaron Z

I saw those as well. These looked interesting as well, but the website seems clunky.


https://kymarguttersinc.net/funnels-leaf-traps/

 

[quicksandfarmer]

Took the advice from a contractor and went with 4" downspouts. He smoothed the gutter holes and attached the downspouts. Most everything flushes out with a good rain.

I never understood the design of standard gutters where there's a small hole at the top of the downspout. It's an iron law of plumbing that you never have a drain pipe decrease in diameter. I don't understand why it's not the same for gutters. I'd much rather have a system that moved debris and clean out a trap with both feet on the ground than go up on a ladder.

 

[goeduck]

I never understood the design of standard gutters where there's a small hole at the top of the downspout. It's an iron law of plumbing that you never have a drain pipe decrease in diameter. I don't understand why it's not the same for gutters. I'd much rather have a system that moved debris and clean out a trap with both feet on the ground than go up on a ladder.

Totally agree :thumbsup:

 

[WVBill]

"Eve strop" ????
I have never heard of "eve-strop"

I think you mean "eve trough".
It is a common term in Canada, and the USA also.

Sorry, never heard that term. Lived in Southern California, Virginia, W Virginia, and Washington State and they've always been called "gutters".