How To Attach Gutter Downspout To House

Cut off excess strap with a pair of sheet metal cutters.

How to attach gutter downspout to house. Mark the trench line. Place a u shaped bracket or clincher around the downspout at the first marked area. Pound in two stakes 4 feet from the house and directly in front of each downspout. Watch and learn how and stop.

Attach downspout straps to the house every 10 feet. Secure the rest of the hangers with 2 in galvanized nails or screws. Rain gutters play an essential role in collecting roof runoff during a storm. Bend the strap around the downspout and secure the strap to the downspout with a sheet metal screw.

With help lift the gutter in place and secure the corner first screwing the bracket into the roof s fascia. Guttering elbows generally attach directly to the underside of the gutter with a screw and again at the downspout with another screw. Attach the downspout to the brackets. Leave the old spikes in place a spike head looks better than a hole in the gutter.

If you can t find u shaped brackets make them from sections of downspout. Place the first strap 2 feet from ground level and secure the strap to the house behind the down spout with one screw. Drive screws through the brackets into the assembled downspout. Downspout extensions will help your downspouts direct water to a specific place away from your home s foundation.

Just hook the bracket under the front lip of the gutter and then screw the other side of the bracket to the fascia. One way to make sure your gutter doesn t fall off the house is to install fascia hanger brackets. If that water isn t carried far enough away from the house you risk damage to your foundation or basement. They look better than the bands that wrap around the outside and make it easier to hang the downspouts.

Use needlenosed pliers to slightly crimp the elbow to fit into the downspout as shown. Use a string and 1x2 stakes to lay out the trench. Hold another elbow against the house and cut a piece of downspout to fit between the two elbows. Place other stakes spaced 8 feet apart in between.

And a level gutter is the obvious answer when there s a downspout at both ends such as on our hip roof. Gutters over flows add downspout to bring water down from roof faster. Secure the downspout outlet to the gutter with four pop rivets or screws. Seams between the elbow the gutter and the downspout are typically sealed with caulk containing an aluminum sealant.

Tie the string to the downspout then stretch it out and around all the stakes. Gutters are often installed level for appearance. Screw a downspout elbow to the outlet tube protruding down from the gutter. This bracket should wrap around the outside of the downspout and have two arms that press against the wall s.