This noise is produced by water as it falls or drips and hits the elbow below.
Elevated gutter downspout opening noise multiple streams of water.
The water pouring onto your roof creates a soothing white noise that clears your mind and calms your soul.
Extended periods of medium to heavy rainfall can make a downspout next to a bedroom window very noisy and disruptive.
Noise out of your downspout.
When the elbow is reinstalled the silencer is secured.
If you have a window near your gutters and downspouts the persistent clunk clunk clunkor thud thud thudof rain hitting metal may wake you up rather than help you drift to dreamland.
If water flows out of the bottom carrying leaf debris with it your job is complete.
This will cause the water to wick down the rope instead of making that dreaded dripping noise when it hits the elbow.
The most common cause of a noisy downspout is water hitting the elbow on the inside as it exits the metal downpipe.
The matted cushion strip absorbs the drip noise.
When you reach the top opening of the downspout ask a helper down below to turn on the water.
The trick to quieting down this irritating noise is to attach something to the bottom of the downspout on the inside to absorb the water as it drips or trickles down.
Possible solutions to a noisy downspout are.
That is until your guttersand downspouts join in.
This can be achieved by putting a scrubber sponge a square of artificial turf a section of shingle or a foam downspout insert into the bottom of the downspout opening.
However if water backs up into the gutter a clog is present in the downspout and you must remove it.