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One clever solution I've seen, if you can't fix it right away, is to tie a string from the spout and hang it down to the drain. The water runs along the string
by dejawu 8y ago
One clever solution I've seen, if you can't fix it right away, is to tie a string from the spout and hang it down to the drain. The water runs along the string instead of falling and dripping.
- martin-adams 8y agoI had a dripping pipe over my power shower pump and couldn't do anything immediately. So I taped a metal straw from the source of the drop angled down to a bowl. Worked perfectly.
- newnewpdro 8y agoThis reminds me of a home I saw once with large rusty chains used as down spot channels from the rain gutters, it was pretty neat looking.
- grzm 8y agoRain chains are common in Japan, and decorative as well as useful. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_chain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_chain
- iancmceachern 8y agoJust this week I was admiring one of these at Bogle Vinyards outside Sacramento.
- abakker 8y agoRain chains are pretty common if you might generate ice, too. Can help create an ice column instead of a mass that tears the gutter off.
- amelius 8y agoOr you could wrap cling-foil around the tap. Saves water too :) (I didn't test this)
- mikeash 8y agoI don’t think that would work. The pressure on the two sides of the leak will eventually equalize if the water can’t escape. Your cling wrap probably can’t contain that pressure. If you can’t turn the faucet on full blast and have the wrap stay, it won’t be able to contain the leak either.
- tsomctl 8y agoAccording to my grandpa, who was a plumber his whole life, it's impossible to use tape to fix a leak.