Looking around other downpipes, there's often brick upstand around the drain. There was on ours (before I took a lump hammer to it), and there will be again when I get round to fixing it properly.
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Looking around other downpipes, there's often brick upstand around the drain. There was on ours (before I took a lump hammer to it), and there will be again when I get round to fixing it properly.