Installing Gutter Sections

Snap the sections together.

Installing gutter sections.

Click the links below to see inside dus. If you have a straight run gable roof measure from shingle to shingle and then add. How to connect two sections of gutters. Leave the old spikes in place a spike head looks better than a hole in the gutter.

Cover the joint between two lengths of gutter at each corner with a strip miter a 3 inch wide strip of aluminum. The first gutter piece and maybe the second and even a third piece will likely be full 10 ft. How to install gutters step 1. Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter.

First install the gutter sections into the outlets using the hangers to support the individual sections. Wrap the aluminum strip tight around the underside 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. Use a plastic slip joint at the end of every 10 foot length connecting the gutter sections for each section with connectors.

Steel is stronger and. Add an end cap to areas that won t have outlets to keep the water flowing toward the downspouts. This is our first video in our tutorial on metal roofing. Gutter components are made by several manufacturers and are available through lumberyards.

Secure it with eight pop rivets or sheet metal screws. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder. The home mender dustin luby shows us how to install new gutters with ease. One way to make sure your gutter doesn t fall off the house is to install fascia hanger brackets.

If you have a choice between steel and aluminum systems which is best.