How To Install Gutters

Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section.

How to install gutters.

How to install gutters step 1. Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter. The gutter hangers should be spaced about every 2 feet or less for proper support. Measure the fascia to determine the length of the gutter.

Rotate the gutter upward until its back edge slips into the hooks at the top of the back of the brackets as shown. Getting started part. The key to installing the hangers correctly is to screw them into the rafter boards not just the front fascia. Steel is stronger and.

Apply gutter sealant to an end cap then press the cap onto one end of the gutter. Secure the gutter to the bracket with a 1 inch long 8 32 stainless steel machine screw and flanged nut. Fasten the downspout to the gutters and the downspout to the outlet tube either with pop rivets or the appropriate screws. If you do not screw the hangers into the rafters you run the risk of the gutter falling when it is filled with water.

Through the screw mounting hole in each bracket drill a 3 16 inch diameter hole in the front edge of the gutter. Installing gutters in 18 steps snap a chalk line across the fascia creating the proper pitch toward the downspout end. To get the downspout to connect with the outlet tube crimp the downspout with some pliers. Secure the end cap to the gutter with a.

It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder. If you have a choice between steel and aluminum systems which is best.