Smurf
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Was called out to do a large posh house as the guttering was overflowing onto a conservatory making the inside wall damp, Took 5 mins to sort out as the chap had put a gutter ballon in the downspout whilst there was scaffoling erected when having some roof work done.
Anyway was asked to check & clear if needed the rest of the guttering and downspouts on the house so I did. On one at the front of the house I found the drain had blocked also the full height of the downpipe so sticking a hosepipe down the downspout I soon found out what the problem was.
1. the drain was blocked - used rods & just a hosepipe to clear the blockage
2. the downpipe was blocked - took the ground floor gutter bend off the main house downspout so could lift the downpipe up a bit from the drain filter and clered it by hand
Took 10 mins to unblock both and one happy customer to boot. :Image10:
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Anyway was asked to check & clear if needed the rest of the guttering and downspouts on the house so I did. On one at the front of the house I found the drain had blocked also the full height of the downpipe so sticking a hosepipe down the downspout I soon found out what the problem was.
1. the drain was blocked - used rods & just a hosepipe to clear the blockage
2. the downpipe was blocked - took the ground floor gutter bend off the main house downspout so could lift the downpipe up a bit from the drain filter and clered it by hand
Took 10 mins to unblock both and one happy customer to boot. :Image10:
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