How To Quiet A Gutter Downspout

[HawkinsHollow]

Help me out fellas. I have a downspout on the corner of my house that is 3 feet from my head when I am sleeping and it is noisy. The way the water drips down it must impact the bottom elbow just so and it makes a racket. I was thinking about using some of that cheap filter medium for an HVAC system or a scotchbrite pad glued to the inside of the elbow to see if that makes it more quiet. Any other ideas?

 

[arto98607]

I've read advice somewhere else to drop a piece of string or small rope (weather resistant) from up on top and make sure it reaches all the way down to the elbow.
Tie it up at the gutter somehow, so it stays there.

The water should run down along the rope.

I have not done it that way myself, instead I stuffed couple of feet piece of folded up old soaker hose up from below and it sort of works...

 

[HawkinsHollow]

I've read advice somewhere else to drop a piece of string or small rope (weather resistant) from up on top and make sure it reaches all the way down to the elbow.
Tie it up at the gutter somehow, so it stays there.

The water should run down along the rope.

Rope! Great idea, thanks!

 

[arto98607]

Let us know how you solved it please.

 

[Torvy]

Remove the elbow and put a catch basin in. Cover it with medium sized stones. Now it will sound like a babbling brook...unless there is a downpour it will sound like a small waterfall.

You could muffle the whole length. Wrap in in neoprene.

Redesign the gutters to move downspouts from that area.

Rearrange the house so your MBR isn't by downspouts.

Sometimes, I find it helpful to write out every wild idea. It tends to help the brain move on. It can also spur other ideas you may not have considered.

We have a single slope roof. The MBR is on the high side, so no downspouts near it. No BRs near downspouts. Building a new house may be a bit extreme, though.

 

[MossRoad]

Just for fun I googled "how to quiet a loud downspout" and first hit was this...

Amazon.com : downspout drip silencer

 

[HawkinsHollow]

Well look at that Google and Mossroad coming thru in the clutch! I wonder why my gutter guy didn't mention these when I asked him about my noisy gutter?

 

[JJT]

Use a length of small chain rather than rope or string.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

Remove the elbow and put a catch basin in. Cover it with medium sized stones. Now it will sound like a babbling brook...unless there is a downpour it will sound like a small waterfall.

You could muffle the whole length. Wrap in in neoprene.

Redesign the gutters to move downspouts from that area.

Rearrange the house so your MBR isn't by downspouts.

Sometimes, I find it helpful to write out every wild idea. It tends to help the brain move on. It can also spur other ideas you may not have considered.

We have a single slope roof. The MBR is on the high side, so no downspouts near it. No BRs near downspouts. Building a new house may be a bit extreme, though.

Some great ideas there but none will work in this situation.

 

[arto98607]

Use a length of small chain rather than rope or string.

Our gutters and downspouts, including the screws are all made of aluminum and using string or soaker hose will not cause corrosion.

I know, aluminum is probably no so common for this application, but they should last a lifetime and then some...

Aluminum chain may be little hard to find?