Our cast iron hopper heads are available with 65mm, 75mm and 100mm round outlets, 75mm, 100mm and 125mm square outlets, and 100x75mm, 125x100mm and 150x125mm rectangular outlets, to match the downpipe already on site or specified for the project.
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£118.90 – £175.10Price range: £118.90 through £175.10 ex VAT (£142.68 – £210.12 inc VAT)
Cast iron round ornamental pipe earband type E for cast iron pipe. Our round ornamental cast iron downpipe earbands are used instead of eared pipes or fittings.
Sizes Available:
65mm (2.5″) cast iron pipe
75mm (3″) cast iron pipe
100mm (4″) cast iron pipe
UK delivery from £30. Fittings are despatched boxed. See delivery rates.
Cast iron ornamental downpipe earbands for round rainwater downpipes: pattern type (E)
Tuscan Foundry Products offers one of the UK’s most comprehensive ranges of brackets and can manufacture bespoke products to match your existing brackets if required.
Technical
Ornamental cast iron rainwater pipe earbands are available for 65mm (2.5″), 75mm (3″) and 100mm (4″) cast iron downpipes.
| Pipe Size/Finish | Primer 65mm, Primer 75mm, Primer 100mm, Black Painted 65mm, Black Painted 75mm, Black Painted 100mm |
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Cross-reference
| Primer 65mm | R25650E |
| Primer 75mm | R30650E |
| Primer 100mm | R40650E |
| Black Painted 65mm | XR25650E |
| Black Painted 75mm | XR30650E |
| Black Painted 100mm | XR40650E |
Our cast iron hopper heads are available with 65mm, 75mm and 100mm round outlets, 75mm, 100mm and 125mm square outlets, and 100x75mm, 125x100mm and 150x125mm rectangular outlets, to match the downpipe already on site or specified for the project.
Please call 0333 987 4452 or use the contact form with the size, quantity and connection details, and we'll provide a quotation.
Yes. Decorative cast iron and brass ventilation grilles of this pattern were widely used in Victorian and Edwardian buildings, and like-for-like replacements are generally accepted by conservation officers for listed building works. We can provide product specifications and material details to support listed building consent applications if required.
Yes. The Louvre Airbrick is dimensioned to standard brick course openings and is suitable for direct replacement of worn, broken, or missing original cast iron louvre grilles. If you are unsure of the size required, measure the opening in the brickwork rather than the existing damaged grille.
Our cast iron hopper heads are available in a standard primed and black-painted finish, ready for on-site topcoats. Heritage colour finishes and factory-applied linseed oil paint are available on request. Linseed oil paint is a vapour-permeable, period-appropriate finish particularly well suited to listed buildings and conservation area properties.
Hopper heads are supplied in red oxide primer ready for on-site painting, or pre-finished in black. A full range of Heritage Colours in traditional linseed oil paint is also available on request — please contact us for the swatch chart.
Our cast iron hopper heads are available with 65mm, 75mm and 100mm round outlets, 75mm, 100mm and 125mm square outlets, and 100x75mm, 125x100mm and 150x125mm rectangular outlets, to match the downpipe already on site or specified for the project.
BS 460:2002 is the British Standard governing cast iron rainwater goods — gutters, pipes, and fittings. It sets the dimensional tolerances, materials, and performance requirements a component must meet, so that joints seal, sections align, and the system performs as a whole rather than as isolated parts. All Tuscan Foundry Products components are manufactured to comply with BS 460:2002, which is worth citing directly in specification documents and listed building consent applications. The same manufacturing standard applies to bespoke and copy-cast work, even where the profile itself isn't from our standard range.
Please call 0333 987 4452 or use the contact form with the size, quantity and connection details, and we'll provide a quotation.
Match the rest of the run. Eared access pipes are nailed to the wall through cast ears, like eared downpipe lengths. Plain access pipes suit runs fixed with holderbats or earbands.


