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    Greenhouse gutter - help needed!

    Hi there,

    Last season I acquired a free greenhouse, second hand that needed a some panes and the door seals replacing and this is the guttering:



    I have been looking online for some way of connecting up a water collection system, but there is no identifier as to brand and any guttering kits I find tend to have this profile: l__l

    I noted yesterday that the water dripping off the end is starting to affect the soil below, there are holes developing on the corners so I need to start thinking seriously about what to do.

    Any ideas on manufacturer?

    Do you know of anything that will fit the profile I have per the photo?

    Thanks for any advice!
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    Bohobumble have a read at this thread it might give you some ideas :-

    http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...-up_82171.html
    Location....East Midlands.

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    • #3
      I've used fibreglass and narrow plastic piping to make gutter outlets. Available from any motor diy shop

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        You could make a rain chain out of plant pots and chain/plastic washing line and divert the rain ro where you want it (e.g. Water butt, soakaway)

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Bohobumble View Post
          I have been looking online for some way of connecting up a water collection system, but there is no identifier as to brand and any guttering kits I find tend to have this profile: l__l
          I found a piece of lead sheet a couple of inches square and managed to fashion it into a spout - which sticks out far enough to then get something underneath it (I have a length of gutter slung across the back of my greenhouse, with the lower end emptying into a water butt - very Heath Robinson!)
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          • #6
            All great suggestions, thanks! The idea of fashioning something out of lead/fibreglass (I was considering moulding from putty as I have some) to fit the odd profile are great, not sure the kits on the other link would work tho without moderation....

            Any ideas on the brand by the way?

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            • #7
              When we had the lottie we had an old shed with corrugated roof and a rusty iron gutter. I tied salvaged plastic guttering to it and attached a down spout end to fill a 1000lr tank. It didn't look pretty but it worked.
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