How Do Install Gutters

But with just a little more work you can use these same parts to put together rain gutters and downspouts that are stronger and better looking too.

How do install gutters.

Install two u shaped downspout brackets on the corner of the house one high and one low. Apply gutter sealant to an end cap then press the cap onto one end of the gutter. Almost all home centers and full service hardware stores sell guttering designed for easy installation. Length of downspout to make a fold up extension.

Cut the gutters to size with a hacksaw and heavy duty tin snips. Finish off the curves with sheet metal shears. Rotate the gutter upward until its back edge slips into the hooks at the top of the back of the brackets as shown. Use the other hand to hold the frame at the top by the wingnut.

Through the screw mounting hole in each bracket drill a 3 16 inch diameter hole in the front edge of the gutter. Gutters should be attached to the fascia and run the entire length of the roof ending with a downspout. Finally trim a notch in one end of a 36 in. Of the ground and install the last elbow.

Crimp the end cap in place using the same gutter sealant used on the seams. Lay the gutter into the brackets that you ve lag screwed to the fascia. Measure the fascia to determine the length of the gutter. Evaluate and plan the gutter replacement project.

Diy gutter replacement can save you. Bring the downspout to within 1 ft. Planning the rain gutter replacement project. Mark the point to be cut on the gutters with an erasable marker.

Installing gutters in 18 steps snap a chalk line across the fascia creating the proper pitch toward the downspout end.