Wire Pipe Balloon

Tuscan Foundry Products

£16.1

Steel wire downpipe balloons, drainpipe balloons, and gutter downpipe leaf guards for cast iron rainwater systems 2.5 (65mm) 3 (75mm) 4 (100mm) 6 (150mm) #Downspout Plugs #Gutter Stoppers #Downpipe Stoppers #Gutter Blockers #Downspout Caps #Gutter Sealing Balloons The wire pipe balloon is a steel wire cage fitted into the top of a cast iron downpipe to prevent leaves, debris, and birds from entering and blocking the pipe run. The balloon sits in the socket of the top pipe section and is held in place by the wire frame, which flexes to fit snugly without tools or fixings. As leaves and debris b

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UK company
Registered at Companies House as TUSCAN FOUNDRY PRODUCTS LTD, number 04742286. Checked 2026-08-29.
Means the business is a British legal entity, not a British-sounding name owned elsewhere. It says nothing about where anything is made.
UK operations
Stated by the company: "We offer an extensive range of cast iron rainwater gutters and pipes from our foundry works in Mid Wales." Source.
Means people employed here, or premises they actually work from. We keep this separate from the company badge because a registered office can be an accountant's spare room, and a company can be registered in Britain while everything it does happens somewhere else. Where we have not looked, we say so rather than assuming.
British-owned
Not established. Many companies file a statement rather than naming a controlling shareholder.
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Where it is made
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