The height of the bottom of the window causes the problem. That in combination with the distance to the end of the porch does not allow the use of 45-degree angles.?
The angle of the picture is deceiving - the piece of down pipe seen in the picture is actually at the point where it would meet the red line. This is where the first of the constructed fittings would be placed.?
The red line represents where the next piece of copper pipe would go. It is at the highest angle possible to pass under the window, and yet still make it to the end of the porch in a straight line. From there, the copper pipe would turn down (this is where the second constructed fitting would go) and extend straight down for a few feet, and then a 45-degree angle would be added (facing to the right in the picture). A piece of pipe would then extend approximately 8 feet, and this would put it a few inches past the foundation, and drain into some pachysandra.?
?There is not enough height in the wall after the window vs. the distance to the end of the porch to add a 45-degree angle.
I trust this all makes sense.
Chip
---In 4x6bandsaw@..., <rhulslander@...> wrote :
Please post a picture(s) of final application? I am still having trouble grasping exactly
what you a doing that required so much thought.
Ralph
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[Attachment(s) from hamholfarms@... [4x6bandsaw] included below]Thank you to all who replied.
The reason I originally chose copper is because the drain line is on the exterior of the house siding. It is on the back wall of a porch for all to see. I was going for aesthetics over ease of fabrication and installation. I will try cutting the copper fittings, but if cutting and fitting the two pieces together is too troublesome, or does not work, I will just switch over to the PVC pipe.
To? john_vreede,
After reading your first post, I thought it was my browser not showing your pictures, and I commenced trying to figure out why. Then I read your second post, lol. I appreciate you taking the effort to repost the pictures, as well as taking the pictures in the first place, and also writing such a detailed explanation. The pictures were a great help for me to understand what you had written. Your recommendation is the route I am going to try. To join the two pieces together, I thought about trying this: only using one half of the cut 45-degree elbow, and also cutting off the small diameter end of a ?-inch, or maybe even a 1/8-inch slip coupling fitting, up to the flare. Thinking there will be enough contact area of the flared end of the slip coupling to fit into the smaller diameter of the middle of the cut 45-degree elbow to get a good solder joint, again this joint does not need to hold pressure, just contain the water.?
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Attached are pictures to show what I will try to do.
And as stated above, if I have problems cutting or joining the two pieces together, I will resign myself to using PVC.
Thank you again to all who responded!
Chip
