Installing Gutter Sections

How to install gutters step 1.

Installing gutter sections.

The home mender dustin luby shows us how to install new gutters with ease. First install the gutter sections into the outlets using the hangers to support the individual sections. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder. Measure the total run of the gutter length you need.

Gutter components are made by several manufacturers and are available through lumberyards. If you have a choice between steel and aluminum systems which is best. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section. Steel is stronger and.

Secure it with eight pop rivets or sheet metal screws. Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter. If you have a straight run gable roof measure from shingle to shingle and then add. The first gutter piece and maybe the second and even a third piece will likely be full 10 ft.

Snap the sections together. Leave the old spikes in place a spike head looks better than a hole in the gutter. Click the links below to see inside dus. Just hook the bracket under the front lip of the gutter and then screw the other side of the bracket to the fascia.

How to connect two sections of gutters. One way to make sure your gutter doesn t fall off the house is to install fascia hanger brackets. 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.

Cover the joint between two lengths of gutter at each corner with a strip miter a 3 inch wide strip of aluminum.