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11-08-17, 04:04 AM

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Downspout concealment

I'm trying to determine if there is a clever way to conceal a down spout for my front porch. I'm having a garage built and the downspout needs to be relocated to the left side. The porch has decorative posts and I do not want a downspout coming down the face of one of them. Do I have any options? Coming down the side wouldn't be so bad, but is this even an option considering the gutter stops at the corner? In other words, it doesn't wrap around the side where I would want the downspout to run.

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11-08-17, 04:26 AM

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It's a little hard to give advice on something like that sight unseen.

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