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the unsung pipe that wages quiet war against gravity, rot, and your foundation's worst nightmare.
means The vertical pipe that channels rainwater from a roof's gutters down to the ground or drainage, keeping it away from the walls and foundation.
from A plain English compound of "down" plus "spout" — and "spout" goes back to Middle English and Dutch roots tied to the idea of spurting or gushing (a cousin of words like "spit" and "spew"). So the name is wonderfully literal: it is, quite simply, the down-place where water spouts out.
- flood defender
- Redirects thousands of gallons away from your house yearly
- clog magnet
- Leaves and tennis balls plot its downfall
- foundation saver
- Bad drainage cracks foundations far more than earthquakes do
- extension trick
- Splash blocks send water four feet farther out
for instance
niagara falls spillway system — diverts 750,000 gallons per second through concrete downspout channels since 1961