How To Attach Downspouts To Gutters

If you bought a flexible downspout extension chances are you re trying to redirect rainwater from making a puddle at the base of your foundation.

How to attach downspouts to gutters. Apply sealant around the mouth of the connector and raise it to the gutter. They look better than the bands that wrap around the outside and make it easier to hang the downspouts. If you can t find u shaped brackets make them from sections of downspout. Screw a downspout elbow to the outlet tube protruding down from the gutter.

Measure from the gutter to the wall of the house and then from the gutter to the ground. Attach the downspout to the brackets. Gutter networks that surround a home s roof line divert rainfall away from the structure s foundation and into a nearby drain or sewer system. Both the connector and the gutter should not have any water on them.

Finish the gutter job by attaching the downspouts to the wall. Using 6 rivet screws screw the connector to the gutter. Step 3 attach the downspout to the gutter. Apply sealant again on the connector on the outside after that to ensure no leakage occurs.

You can add a downspout to your gutters with little difficulty. Hold another elbow against the house and cut a piece of downspout to fit between the two elbows. If your gutters overflow regularly during heavy rains you may want to consider adding an extra downspout. Secure the downspout outlet to the gutter with four pop rivets or screws.

Connect downspout to gutter photo by mary beth montgomery. Be sure that the tapered end of the downspout is facing the appropriate direction for drainage. Drive screws through the brackets into the assembled. Attach the downspout to the gutters via the downspout outlet.

With a flexible downspout extension you can redirect rainwater around bushes and cement to have it flow into your garden to a flowerbed or just away from your house.