How To Run Rain Gutter Races With Small Dens

We have had some sections of rain gutter around for a while you may remember them from our post on how to turn a cardboard box into a jump for hot wheels cars.

How to run rain gutter races with small dens.

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We ve also used the rain gutter sections in the summer for backyard water play. Of overlap snap the front flanges together and screw the overlap together with sheetmetal screws. If gutters don t slope water gathers in them. The gutter slope also called the pitch is the amount the gutter tilts down to let rainwater flow out of it.

I was the race director and i am the one who built the race gutters. Our pack hold a rain gutter regatta every fall for all the boys in the pack. It s a fun experiment to see which works better square circle triangle for the sail shape and how many sails is really best for sailing in a rain gutter. Run the bead up both sides.

Use a small amount of blue food coloring optional to add a slight blue color to the water if you wish. The rain gutters are just one example of an unobtrusive part of the house that doesn t seem like much until it breaks down. Then set the new length of gutter into the installed length with about 5 in. We decorated using flag pennant decorations and 2 balloon at the finish line taped to the end of each gutter on a balloon stick now off to the races.

If your rain gutters are old and starting to break down and not do its job correctly then it is time to install a new one before the next rainfall leaves a small pond. Yesterday i coordinated my first rain gutter regatta. Lots of cheap fun. Make a 5 rain gutter race track snaps together for easy storage and comes together in under 10 minutes and it a fun summer activity for kids.

I will have some pictures later this week. However i can not post them because i do not have place to park them. To run the race we used a. How to play the run gutter boat race carnival game.

The boys race by den and then compete in an overall race across all five dens. Just got done doing our regatta this weekend. Depending on the age of your engineering crowd you may need to help poke holes in the paper or foam sheeting to make way for the mast. Then you truly appreciate its function in your home.

My son had raced in three previous regattas and i had talked with the previous cubmaster about the logistics of running the regatta for our 16 scout pack and it seemed pretty easy this year we had an incredibly successful recruiting drive and now have 45 registered scouts. If gutters slope too severely they don t hold water and water could splash over the sides in heavy rain. Begin by applying a heavy bead of lap sealer with a caulk gun at least 4 in. Anyway for the better part of the past four days the boys have been playing car races with the ramps.