On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:46:09 -0400, willshak wrote:

on 9/26/2011 4:13 PM (ET) David Combs wrote the following:
We read how in Iraq, early on after the invasion, they
were tearing down power-lines for the valuable copper
they'd then sell.

Seems to be happening here too.

Someone stole one of the three 2-story+attic copper
downspouts. Questions:

1: Any way to protect the other two (aside from sitting
outside all night (loaded for bear?)?


2: What to replace the stolen one with? Copper (god-awful
expensive, I guess). Plastic? Fiberglass? Aluminum?
(I haven't yet gone to look at what's available, what
material they might be made of.)


Clearly, what with your and my economy going down fast
(while the rich and bankers get richer and richer, on
our money and taxes), I don't want anything worth stealing --
at least not like copper is.


Hey, as time goes on, this kind of thing is going to be
happening a lot more often. Go out in the morning and
find your wheel-less car up on concrete blocks -- things like
that. To say nothing of copper downspouts!



David



Get the plastic downspouts and paint them with copper paint or leave
them white.

Replace them all before the thieves force the issue.