- Hang a plumb bob from the outlet to the drain to use as a guide while you draw several marks on the wall with a pencil to show you where the downpipe will run.
- Join the marks up with a straight edge, creating a line to show where the centre of the downpipe will be.
- Position a downpipe clip at the top of wall, in the centre of the pencil line. Mark the position of its fixing holes on the wall. If you need an offset bend, put a downpipe clip directly below the bend.
- Repeat the process down the wall. Make sure there is no more than 1.8 metres between pipe clips.
- Refer to the guttering manufacturer’s instructions to see which drill bit is required. Use a drill to drill the fixing holes and insert wall plugs.
- Fit the first piece of downpipe starting from the outlet and moving towards the drain.
- If you need to add more downpipe, join the two pieces with a pipe socket and clip. Leave a 10mm gap between the end of the pipe and the bottom of the pipe socket, because it will probably expand. Then attach a pipe clip over the joint.
- Continue attaching pipe clips down the length of the downpipe.
- If you need to, fit a downpipe show to direct the water into the drain. Attach a downpipe clip directly below the socket of the shoe.
Isle Of Scalpay
Scalpay is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Scalpay is around 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) long as well as rises to a height of 104 metres (341 feet) at Beinn Scorabhaig. The area of Scalpay is 653 hectares (2.52 sq mi). The major settlement on the island is at the north, near the bridge, gathered around An Acairseid a Tuath (North Harbour). The island is peppered with tiny lochans. The biggest of these is Loch an Duin (Loch of the Fort) which has a little island in it, with the remains of the fort still visible. Eilean Glas, a small peninsula on Scalpay's eastern shore, is house to the first lighthouse to be built in the Outer Hebrides. Scalpay's closest neighbor, Harris, is just 300 metres (980 feet) away across the tightens of Caolas Scalpaigh. In 1997, a bridge from Harris to Scalpay was constructed, replacing a ferry solution. In 2001, the island had 322 people, whose major work was fish farming and prawn fishing. By 2011 the population had declined by 9% to 291 whilst throughout the very same duration Scottish island populations overall grew by 4% to 103,702.