How To Properly Install Rain Gutters

Measuring the roof and purchasing materials 1.

How to properly install rain gutters.

Wearing gloves use tin snips to cut the gutters to length. Using a measuring tape calculate how much length you will need for the gutters. My facia board is at a approximately 45 degree angle. Most say to have 1 4 sloop in 10 not 1 2.

How can i install rain gutters so they will work. Cut a triangular section from. Head to a home improvement store for. Smooth the sharp aluminum edges with a file.

Of insertion on one end. Then hold a second elbow against the corner of the house in line with the first elbow. Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter. The gutters will run right below the shingle line and are attached to the fascia below the roof.

James june 13 2020 at 8 28 am. Secure it with eight pop rivets or sheet metal screws. Purchase at least the total length of gutter along with additional materials. Wrap the aluminum strip tight around the underside of the gutter.

Lay gutters on the ground as a model for how they will go on the fascia. Measure the distance between these fittings and cut a short length of downspout to join the allowing for about 1 1 2 in. Measure the length of the roof that you re working on. Snap the sections together.

It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder. Rain gutters should be attached to the fascia and run the. 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. Have been looking at many sites.

Start by pushing the female end of a downspout elbow onto the first outlet fitting. Step 1 determine length of gutters. Mark december 16 2018 at 7 29 am. Your gutter is not under your drip edge your facia board is going to rot away.