Hang A Gutter By Yourself

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Hang a gutter by yourself.

Mark the location of the downspout outlet. Measure from the corner of your home to the center of the downspout. Attaching the downspout outlet and caps 1. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section.

It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder. All gutters are attached to your house by mounting system or different types of hangers inside outside or strap and the hangers need to be carefully spaced close together 3 feet or less to give the gutter proper support. Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter. Then hold a second elbow against the corner of the house in line with the first elbow.

Form strip miter joint at corner cover the joint between two lengths of gutter at each corner with a strip miter a 3 inch wide strip of aluminum. Start by pushing the female end of a downspout elbow onto the first outlet fitting. You may have to temporarily remove your hangers as you go or you can notch out the apron around them. The gutter hangers are the way you mount the gutter system to your home so they need to be spaced properly.

Subscribe to this old house. Snap the sections together. Attach the outlet. A gutter apron is a bent piece of flashing that tucks up under the shingles and over the gutter.

Without the correct support the rain gutters will sag. Home centers sell a gutter apron in 10 ft. Remove the outlet hole using offset tin snips. Wrap the aluminum strip tight around the underside of the gutter.

Choose green snips if you re cutting clockwise and red tin snips if. If you leave too much space between the hangers the rain gutters will actually sag causing the water to pool instead of flowing through. This old house general contractor tom silva shows how to install an efficient rain handling gutter system. Cut a triangular section from.

Secure it with eight pop rivets or sheet metal screws.