drip...drip...drip...aaagh!!!
Tonight, in the middle of the night at 2:45 AM the silence of the night was interrupted by this arcane tapping sound. This tapping sound was condensed moisture coming off my gutter down onto my water tank screen, which shields the water in my tank from evaporation and bugs.
Occasionally between 1 AM and 4 AM on a crescent moon, the wind abruptly stops and I can hear the tapping of the moisture was loud enough to wake the dogs in my neighborhood...dropping about 8 feet. My solution has been a downspout of 3" pipe...but it kept blowing off of my tank from the excessive wind. TonightI fixedthatby tethering the bottom of the downspout to the tank with 10 guage wire....and pounding thedownpoust deeper into theedge of thegutter with an extra 2x4. Later the next day, I secured the top of the downspout to the gutter with more wire. I hope this works during the next wind storm...then I also hopethis place will sell. I need to make a list of the things I need to pack! Now it's 4 AM Sunday morning...
Occasionally between 1 AM and 4 AM on a crescent moon, the wind abruptly stops and I can hear the tapping of the moisture was loud enough to wake the dogs in my neighborhood...dropping about 8 feet. My solution has been a downspout of 3" pipe...but it kept blowing off of my tank from the excessive wind. TonightI fixedthatby tethering the bottom of the downspout to the tank with 10 guage wire....and pounding thedownpoust deeper into theedge of thegutter with an extra 2x4. Later the next day, I secured the top of the downspout to the gutter with more wire. I hope this works during the next wind storm...then I also hopethis place will sell. I need to make a list of the things I need to pack! Now it's 4 AM Sunday morning...