Installing Gutter Sections

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

Installing gutter sections.

Leave the old spikes in place a spike head looks better than a hole in the gutter. 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. Steel is stronger and.

Snap the sections together. Getting started part. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder. Cover the joint between two lengths of gutter at each corner with a strip miter a 3 inch wide strip of aluminum.

If you have a straight run gable roof measure from shingle to shingle and then add. Gutter components are made by several manufacturers and are available through lumberyards. How to connect two sections of gutters. The home mender dustin luby shows us how to install new gutters with ease.

Wrap the aluminum strip tight around the underside of the gutter. Measure the total run of the gutter length you need. Just hook the bracket under the front lip of the gutter and then screw the other side of the bracket to the fascia. First install the gutter sections into the outlets using the hangers to support the individual sections.

One way to make sure your gutter doesn t fall off the house is to install fascia hanger brackets. Click the links below to see inside dus. How to install gutters step 1. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section.

Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter.