How To Install Gutters

Getting started part.

How to install gutters.

Gutter components are made by several manufacturers and are available through lumberyards. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder. If you do not screw the hangers into the rafters you run the risk of the gutter falling when it is filled with water. Installing gutters in 18 steps snap a chalk line across the fascia creating the proper pitch toward the downspout end.

Rotate the gutter upward until its back edge slips into the hooks at the top of the back of the brackets as shown. Apply gutter sealant to an end cap then press the cap onto one end of the gutter. If you have a choice between steel and aluminum systems which is best. The gutter hangers should be spaced about every 2 feet or less for proper support.

The key to installing the hangers correctly is to screw them into the rafter boards not just the front fascia. Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter. Fasten the downspout to the gutters and the downspout to the outlet tube either with pop rivets or the appropriate screws. How to install gutters step 1.

Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section. To get the downspout to connect with the outlet tube crimp the downspout with some pliers. Secure the gutter to the bracket with a 1 inch long 8 32 stainless steel machine screw and flanged nut. Through the screw mounting hole in each bracket drill a 3 16 inch diameter hole in the front edge of the gutter.

Measure the fascia to determine the length of the gutter. Secure the end cap to the gutter with a.