Hang A Gutter By Yourself

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

Hang a gutter by yourself.

The gutter hangers are the way you mount the gutter system to your home so they need to be spaced properly. Measure from the corner of your home to the center of the downspout. Of insertion on one end. Snap the sections together.

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. Wrap the aluminum strip tight around the underside of the gutter. If you leave too much space between the hangers the rain gutters will actually sag causing the water to pool instead of flowing through. Start by pushing the female end of a downspout elbow onto the first outlet fitting.

Then hold a second elbow against the corner of the house in line with the first elbow. Once the apron s in place fasten it with sheet metal screws. This old house general contractor tom silva shows how to install an efficient rain handling gutter system. You may have to temporarily remove your hangers as you go or you can notch out the apron around them.

Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section. Mark the location of the downspout outlet. Attach the outlet. Cut a triangular section from.

Subscribe to this old house. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder. Secure it with eight pop rivets or sheet metal screws. Choose green snips if you re cutting clockwise and red tin snips if.

Remove the outlet hole using offset tin snips. Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter. 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.