Hang A Gutter By Yourself

Once the apron s in place fasten it with sheet metal screws.

Hang a gutter by yourself.

Attach the outlet. Home centers sell a gutter apron in 10 ft. This old house general contractor tom silva shows how to install an efficient rain handling gutter system. Subscribe to this old house.

Attaching the downspout outlet and caps 1. Wrap the aluminum strip tight around the underside of the gutter. Then hold a second elbow against the corner of the house in line with the first elbow. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder.

Cut a triangular section from. Secure it with eight pop rivets or sheet metal screws. Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter. Mark the location of the downspout outlet.

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. Snap the sections together. Measure from the corner of your home to the center of the downspout. You may have to temporarily remove your hangers as you go or you can notch out the apron around them.

Without the correct support the rain gutters will sag. Avoid hanging the gutter hangers too far apart. A gutter apron is a bent piece of flashing that tucks up under the shingles and over the gutter. Choose green snips if you re cutting clockwise and red tin snips if.

The gutter hangers are the way you mount the gutter system to your home so they need to be spaced properly. If you leave too much space between the hangers the rain gutters will actually sag causing the water to pool instead of flowing through. Remove the outlet hole using offset tin snips. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section.

Measure the distance between these fittings and cut a short length of downspout to join the allowing for about 1 1 2 in.