Possible plumbing issue

Victor

Query froma user that seems not to have current access.

I have suddenly got water pouring out of the downspouts in my gutter and there has been no rain today. Everything was fine earlier today. Temp has been about 8/9 degrees al week spo no frost suddenly thawing.

Should I worry? It's Friday evening so no plumbers available until Monday

I live on a high spot so not a problem with run-off to low lying area

I presume one of two things:

1. Blocked gutter has become unblocked. Less likely.
2. The overflow from the water storage tank has kicked in. More likely.

yoshytoshy

I think the best thing to do is turn on both bath taps ,get the water level down a bit in the tank in the attic.
Then give the ballcock a good shake ,that might stop it.

It sounds like the overflow is brought through a roof tile above the gutter.
Could be wrong ,but it's worth checking the tank in the attic though.

items

Overflows shouldn't be hidden, the whole idea behind them is to alert attention to homeowner. If attic tank overflowing across roof into gutter then I'd have over flow brought out in a way to draw more of your attention next time it happens.

I've seen some gas boiler safety/overflow located in apartment complex discharged into rain water gutters for safety reasons but this type of gutter down pipe is dedicated for boiler safety, same goes to some storage water over flows, best determine if gutter down pipe is separate from actual gutter.

granpa

it is probely as other post have said ,an overflow from tanks in roofspace , the idea of an overflow is to cause as much of a nunaince as posible so as owner will get it fixed