Installing Gutter Sections

The home mender dustin luby shows us how to install new gutters with ease.

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. 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. Use a plastic slip joint at the end of every 10 foot length connecting the gutter sections for each section with connectors.

Gutter components are made by several manufacturers and are available through lumberyards. Secure it with eight pop rivets or sheet metal screws. 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.

Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter. Measure the total run of the gutter length you need. The first gutter piece and maybe the second and even a third piece will likely be full 10 ft. How to connect two sections of gutters.

Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section. 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.

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. How to install gutters step 1. Getting started part.

Steel is stronger and.