If your gutters overflow regularly during heavy rains you may want to consider adding an extra downspout.
How to attach downspouts to gutters.
Step 3 attach the downspout to the gutter.
You can add a downspout to your gutters with little difficulty.
Apply sealant around the mouth of the connector and raise it to the gutter.
Gutter networks that surround a home s roof line divert rainfall away from the structure s foundation and into a nearby drain or sewer system.
How to attach gutter downspouts to the wall.
If you can t find u shaped brackets make them from sections of downspout.
Finish the gutter job by attaching the downspouts to the wall.
Attach the downspout to the gutters via the downspout outlet.
Hold another elbow against the house and cut a piece of downspout to fit between the two elbows.
Screw the downspout into the gutter outlet that extends downward from the gutter.
Locate where you want to place your new downspout.
Attach the downspout to the brackets.
Apply sealant again on the connector on the outside after that to ensure no leakage occurs.
Connect downspout to gutter photo by mary beth montgomery.
Drive screws through the brackets into the assembled.
They look better than the bands that wrap around the outside and make it easier to hang the downspouts.
With a flexible downspout extension you can redirect rainwater around bushes and cement to have it flow into your garden to a flowerbed or just away from your house.
Be sure that the tapered end of the downspout is facing the appropriate direction for drainage.
Measure from the gutter to the wall of the house and then from the gutter to the ground.
Both the connector and the gutter should not have any water on them.
Using 6 rivet screws screw the connector to the gutter.