Installing Gutter Sections

Getting started part.

Installing gutter sections.

Cover the joint between two lengths of gutter at each corner with a strip miter a 3 inch wide strip of aluminum. Measure the total run of the gutter length you need. The home mender dustin luby shows us how to install new gutters with ease. This is our first video in our tutorial on metal roofing.

Secure it with eight pop rivets or sheet metal screws. Gutter components are made by several manufacturers and are available through lumberyards. Use a plastic slip joint at the end of every 10 foot length connecting the gutter sections for each section with connectors. Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter.

How to connect two sections of gutters. Just hook the bracket under the front lip of the gutter and then screw the other side of the bracket to the fascia. Leave the old spikes in place a spike head looks better than a hole in the gutter. First install the gutter sections into the outlets using the hangers to support the individual sections.

Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section. One way to make sure your gutter doesn t fall off the house is to install fascia hanger brackets. How to install gutters step 1. The first gutter piece and maybe the second and even a third piece will likely be full 10 ft.

Steel is stronger and. If you have a choice between steel and aluminum systems which is best. If you have a straight run gable roof measure from shingle to shingle and then add. Wrap the aluminum strip tight around the underside of the gutter.

Snap the sections together.