How To Quiet A Gutter Downspout

[BackRoad]

Try canting the gutter so the drip is hitting the side of the gutter, rather than the elbow at the bottom...

 

[HawkinsHollow]

Try canting the gutter so the drip is hitting the side of the gutter, rather than the elbow at the bottom...

I don't think I want an un-plumb downspout, I am kind of weird about stuff like that. Seem like you would have to cant it significantly to make it hit the side. How would you know where it is dripping from and which way to cant it? I think placing something in the elbow that deadens the sounds is the best move.

 

[Ehanson]

Help me out fellas. I have a downspout on the corner of my house that is 3 feet from my head when I am sleeping and it is noisy. The way the water drips down it must impact the bottom elbow just so and it makes a racket. I was thinking about using some of that cheap filter medium for an HVAC system or a scotchbrite pad glued to the inside of the elbow to see if that makes it more quiet. Any other ideas?

I have seen somewhere in the past evestrough draining down a chain, so I wonder if you hung a plastic chain inside a downspout, if the water would follow it down without splish splashing so much??

 

[civilian]

I think the hanging chain, rope etc would work the best. It is a path for the water to follow down the drain pipe. I have the same problem as the OP but the gutters are on the second story roof. Not going up that high to drop a chain in. So now I get an indication of it raining at night. Jon

 

[MossRoad]

I wonder if you put a chain or rope in a downspout if it would make for a great chipmunk/mouse highway?

 

[Ehanson]

Good point! I would then leave it a foot or so short??

 

[MossRoad]

Good point! I would then leave it a foot or so short??

I was being facetious, but when I was a kid, my parents' house had chipmunks running up and down the downspouts all the time. And you'd hear acorns dropping down the spouts as well.

 

[2manyrocks]

Downspout elbows cost a whopping $5-6.00 plus the cost of some gutter sealant tape to use as a dampener. They also make some plastic bellowed elbows that can be bent to various angles that are like $4.00.

 

[MossRoad]

You could always add gargoyles...

 

[ponytug]

You could always add gargoyles...

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That's cute! Where did you find that?

All the best, Peter