How To Install Water Gutters

Snap the sections together.

How to install water gutters.

Measure the fascia to determine the length of the gutter. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section. Attach the outlet. Anchor the downspout to the wall with two brackets one near the top of the wall and the other just above the foundation.

Use needlenosed pliers to slightly crimp the elbow to fit into the downspout as shown. Secure the downspout outlet to the gutter with four pop rivets or screws. Screw a downspout elbow to the outlet tube protruding down from the gutter. Installing gutters in 18 steps snap a chalk line across the fascia creating the proper pitch toward the downspout end.

Attaching the downspout outlet and caps 1. Measure from the corner of your home to the center of the downspout. Getting started part. Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter.

It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder. To attach a downspout assemble an elbow and a short length of downspout to carry the run to the wall. Attach another elbow at the bottom of the downspout to divert water away from the foundation. Apply gutter sealant to an end cap then press the cap onto one end of the gutter.

Choose green snips if you re cutting clockwise and red tin snips if. Remove the outlet hole using offset tin snips. Hold another elbow against the house and cut a piece of downspout to fit between the two elbows. Steel is stronger and.

Gutter components are made by several manufacturers and are available through lumberyards.