How To Put Up Roof Gutters

How to install gutters step 1.

How to put up roof gutters.

If you don t want to remember to clean your gutters or you don t find balancing on a ladder to be a safe fun way to spend your weekend you can install a gutter cover. Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter. Gutter components are made by several manufacturers and are available through lumberyards. Purchase at least the total length of gutter along with additional materials.

Screw a downspout elbow to the outlet tube protruding down from the gutter. Measure the length of the roof that you re working on. They re fitted to the gutter hanger and then they are attached directly to the roof. Getting started part.

Attach the gutter strip to the fascia or roof edge with nails and gutter straps. Hold another elbow against the house and cut a piece of downspout to fit between the two elbows. A home without fascia needs to have gutters attached by roof straps. Measure the length of your roof line.

Measure the depth of the eave overhang from the edge of the roof not the gutter straight back to the outside wall. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder. If the eave overhang is 12 inches deep multiply the roof line measurement determined in step 1 by 4. Rain gutters should be attached to the fascia and run the.

Mount the gutter so that the edge without the downspout is slightly higher than the end with the sleeve. A gutter cover or gutter heating system might be just what you need for your metal roof. Measuring the roof and purchasing materials 1. Snap the sections together.

Use needlenosed pliers to slightly crimp the elbow to fit into the downspout as shown. Sometimes the roof needs repair in addition to the gutters but you aren t able to complete both projects at the same time. If you have a choice between steel and aluminum systems which is best. Steel is stronger and.

Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section. If the eave is between 12 and 24 inches deep multiply the roof line measurement by 5 3.