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The brains trust has come through. I reckon you're all on to something with this. Can't wait to get home and try it. And with the weather the way it is, I should be able to test if fairly soon, too!

If it wasn't at the very front of the house in the most visually obvious spot, I'd probably try that. Guess who has a tin of matching colorbond paint? :D Not bad. Thought about this too, but I'm worried I'll completely stuff it up, as I've never worked with colorbond and I don't have...

I can see how it WOULD work and I'll install it tonight to see. Seriously, though, even a heavy dew will cause some dripping. It is likely to work there, as well, or only when there's a water flow?

So I can't sue you if it doesn't work? :p Do you know of it working anywhere?

Ah, I get you now. The same principle as you see in tropical Queensland where they use chains instead of downpipes? But I have the tongue (of which I have some hanging in the garage) inside the downpipe! I'll give it a go and let you know.

Will I find one of those at Bunnings? Or will I need to go to a specialist plumbing supplier like McCanns?

Metal. Sorry I guess that tiny detail makes a difference!! :D And the spouting is all colorbond, too.

Couldn't figure out where to put this question, so here's as good as any. We recently had new spouting and downpipes put on PPOR and the downpipe off the bullnose runs down to an right-angled elbow which is open, and directs the runoff to an open channel across the driveway. Anyway, the...