Something to stop leaves going down downpipe

[Keith Dunbar]

Looking for something to stop leaves going down downpipes. Googled for "leaf catcher" with not much luck. Any suggestions?

TIA

Keith

[Cicero]

================================== Google for 'gutter guards' for a wide selection.

Cic.

[Keith Dunbar]

I was thinking more of a fitting to go into the top of the downpipe.

Keith

[Lobster]

Various options (watch the word-wrap):

Gutter syphons are readily googlable, eg:

Can't vouch for whether they work OK, and clearly they won't stop guttering blocking up, just the downpipe.

Conventional solution is mesh to cover gutter:

Or just a downpipe leaf guard:

Came across the following recently, which look quite good although I'v not tried it: it's supposed to stop the problem of leaves collecting *on top* of the mesh:

hth David

[John]

Anybody ever seen a half round DOWNPIPE surely the water would fall out :-)

John

[cerberus]

I just crumpled some chicken wire into a ball and pushed down into the pipe.

Don.