Very Noisy Gutter

Lay some sort of "conductor", piece of rope, chain or whatever, tied to a gutterspike near the outlet, hanging into the outlet. It should quiet it some. Another Tom

So, bascially, your suggestion is to put something in the hole to slow the water to go down. Do I understand it correctly?

Hmm... I may have problem doing this becasue the gutter of my house is a long tube without any opening. It looks like this:

Instead of this:

I may have to cut it open.

Last time someone dropped a baseball to the gutter and the water backed up all the way to the roof (I have a flat roof). And then some ducks just landed there for a bath. ;-(

First, glue a magnet to a sponge, use waterproof glue. Then stick the sponge to the inside of the drain pipe at the bottom where it turns in the elbow. Most of the noise comes when drops of water hit the bottom of the pipe at this spot. There is also a product that looks as I described available at some hardware stores.

I see... So, the water drops to the bottom and then the noise echos back up through the pipe like a trupet... That's why it is so loud...

is this a new trouble or was it alweays noisey?

if its new the downspout might be coming loose from the house

I suspect the idea is to provide a path for the water to follow rather than falling down the middle. I suggest a chain, but rope should work.

does the pipe go underground or does it just dump on the ground? years ago I remember a noisey back gutter, found out the exit was clogged, disconnected underground line and noise went away.

later did lots of digging and ran new underground line

Just like in chemistry class when you may have learned to pour the acid down the stirring rod rather than glugging it into the middle of the beaker to splash all around.

When I watch tv in the bathtub, I tie a washcloth to the spout so I don't hear the hot water dribbling in. Works fine. You need something narrower.

Then how does the water get in?

That's a great idea!

You have something against clean ducks?

BTW, you're talking about a downspout, not a gutter.

But I think you're a troll.

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Perhaps I wasn't clear enough. By "outlet", I meant where the gutter dumps into the downspout. Yes, way up there. Tom

Yep, I say this is a TROLL !!!! A well fed troll too....

Exactly.

You know over the years I have used that trick many times.

The hole where the water goes in is in the middle of the roof. The pipe runs from the middle all the way to the side of the house, and then it turns

It is a square tube without any opening. picture here:

Looks like this:

It is always noisy. I think the rope thingy is promising. A big fat twisty rope. So the water can rollercoaster down instead of drop straight down.

I think I will give a rope a try. The chains may bang on the inside of the tube to make more noise if the water pushes it back and fore. In a matter of fact, if the rope doesn't work, I can always use it to hang myself and save me some $$$.

Does the downspout lay against the siding? If so, you might get less noise by putting something between the gutter and the siding - piece of cork, wood or foam? Something banging on a tin can? Does the downspout move when rainfall is heavy? Make sure the fasteners are holding tight, too.

Absolutely. There is nothing like looking at the problem to see what the problem is.

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