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In a hot country with heavy rain where people want to keep the windows open during a storm, houses tend to have big overhanging eaves. This creates a problem - how to carry the water to the ground? Free standing gutter pipes would not be attractive. The water can't be allowed to just drop - it would blow easily in the way down, and spatter terribly on impact. A common solution is a "chain gutter", as seen here at Joe's house. The rain water clings to the chains, being slowed down in the process, before flowing into a soakaway at the bottom.