How Do Install Gutters

But with just a little more work you can use these same parts to put together rain gutters and downspouts that are stronger and better looking too.

How do install gutters. Apply gutter sealant to an end cap then press the cap onto one end of the gutter. Gutters should be attached to the fascia and run the entire length of the roof ending with a downspout. Length of downspout to make a fold up extension. Rotate the gutter upward until its back edge slips into the hooks at the top of the back of the brackets as shown.

Mark the point to be cut on the gutters with an erasable marker. Finally trim a notch in one end of a 36 in. Measure the fascia to determine the length of the gutter. Installing gutters in 18 steps snap a chalk line across the fascia creating the proper pitch toward the downspout end.

Through the screw mounting hole in each bracket drill a 3 16 inch diameter hole in the front edge of the gutter. Lay the gutter into the brackets that you ve lag screwed to the fascia. Of the ground and install the last elbow. Evaluate and plan the gutter replacement project.

Cut the gutters to size with a hacksaw and heavy duty tin snips. At the downspout locations trace the outline of the flange that will connect the gutter and downspout then punch through it with a sharp chisel. Bring the downspout to within 1 ft. Install two u shaped downspout brackets on the corner of the house one high and one low.

Finish off the curves with sheet metal shears. Hold the handle with your dominant hand and keep your index finger parallel to the top pointing toward the cutting direction for support. Almost all home centers and full service hardware stores sell guttering designed for easy installation. If a gutter run will measure longer than 40 feet 12 m the gutter should be positioned to pitch down from the middle aimed toward a downspout at each end.

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