Installing Gutter Sections

Measure the total run of the gutter length you need.

Installing gutter sections. 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. Gutter components are made by several manufacturers and are available through lumberyards. Wrap the aluminum strip tight around the underside of the gutter.

Getting started part. Steel is stronger and. How to connect two sections of gutters. Click the links below to see inside dus.

This is our first video in our tutorial on metal roofing. The first gutter piece and maybe the second and even a third piece will likely be full 10 ft. Add an end cap to areas that won t have outlets to keep the water flowing toward the downspouts. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section.

Just hook the bracket under the front lip of the gutter and then screw the other side of the bracket to the fascia. If you have a straight run gable roof measure from shingle to shingle and then add. How to install gutters step 1. One way to make sure your gutter doesn t fall off the house is to install fascia hanger brackets.

Secure it with eight pop rivets or sheet metal screws. Use a plastic slip joint at the end of every 10 foot length connecting the gutter sections for each section with connectors. The home mender dustin luby shows us how to install new gutters with ease. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder.

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