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Mystery object

graigrai Posts: 78
in Problem solving
Someone gave me a pile of pots and this object

Anyone know what it is?
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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It looks a bit like one of those things you put in the top of downpipes to stop debris getting washed down and blocking it. 
    Is it too big for that though?
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I wondered if it was for for joining the tops of canes to make a bean / sweet pea support, but I think @Fairygirl has nailed it https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pack-Plastic-Gutter-Guards-Super-Easy/dp/B07KGLWB7T/ref=asc_df_B07KGLWB7T/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309904165679&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7848118542608314200&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046273&hvtargid=pla-610732410462&psc=1
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • graigrai Posts: 78
    Wow thanks!
    It was driving me nuts trying to work out what it was

    I would never have thought it was anything to do with drains 👍👍
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Not drains,  gutters. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • graigrai Posts: 78
    Won't be using it I thought it was something connected to flowers and plants 👍
  • StephenSouthwestStephenSouthwest Posts: 635
    grai said:
    Won't be using it I thought it was something connected to flowers and plants 👍

    It has a loose connection - it stops the water you use for the plants from getting silted up...
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It's very much connected. If you live in a very dry part of the country where water for plants is in short supply, or there's hosepipe bans, and have a water butt connected to a down pipe.
    In addition to @StephenSouthwest 's comment, it helps to prevent that down pipe from being blocked with debris, and water possibly spilling out the guttering, and being wasted, instead of going down the pipe into the water butt.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • EmptyheadtimeEmptyheadtime Posts: 366
    Depending how wide it is, I agree with fairygirl, if is a bit too big to fit a down pipe then my money is on a chimney cowl.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    It’s adjustable so should fit any downpipe.
    We have the very sophisticated bit of curled up chicken wire poked in our downpipes. 

    I don’t  think a plastic cowl would last long,  unless you don’t use the fireplace anymore.
     
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    Lyn said:
    We have the very sophisticated bit of curled up chicken wire poked in our downpipes. 
     
    so do we  :)
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
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