I haven't, but reading this thread, watching the videos, and having seen one (not in action, it wasn't raining) on a rustic summerhouse at Lowther Castle.....I am thinking about finding somewhere to put one! Good luck @Fire and keep us posted please.....
This is one way to attach a rain chain to gutter. Any long bit of metal would be ok, I guess. Make sure the chain etc is not too heavy for the gutter its and brackets to bear, esp if it's made of plastic. [Mental note to self].
No, but I read that they are often traditionally made of copper; they get verdigris and turn a pretty shade of green. But these days you can get every type made of all sorts. I would say that the physics and function are the important thing. Make sure the water is going where you want it to go - multiple straight chains might do that for you, or cups.
I would personally quite like to try out bells on the rain chain (also traditional) but I don't want to risk driving my neighbours nuts, a la wind chimes.
Love the idea of bells on the rain chain! Would it only make sounds when it’s raining, in which case hopefully the neighbours might not hear it?( One of our neighbours had massive, noisy and unpleasant wind chimes we could hear from quite a distance) Just read that the weathercock on Ottery St Mary church was designed to whistle depending on which way the wind was blowing. Local farmers could monitor the weather depending on what sound they were hearing.
I'm surprised nobody has commented on the potential for overwatering the rose? I'm useless with mine so not qualified to answer but I'd have thought you'd be creating a boggy environment beneath that chain in most normal years (excepting this summer of course!).
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I haven't, but reading this thread, watching the videos, and having seen one (not in action, it wasn't raining) on a rustic summerhouse at Lowther Castle.....I am thinking about finding somewhere to put one!
Good luck @Fire and keep us posted please.....
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Just read that the weathercock on Ottery St Mary church was designed to whistle depending on which way the wind was blowing. Local farmers could monitor the weather depending on what sound they were hearing.