Installing Fascia Gutters

Leave the old spikes in place a spike head looks better than a hole in the gutter.

Installing fascia gutters.

Before punching in the screw check the alignment and assure it is going along with the marked position. If the fascia board you re installing them on is longer than 35 feet have the gutters slope from the center to each end. Saw gutter to. Stainless steel hex head sheet metal screws through the back of the gutter into the fascia.

The drip edge should be installed over a furring strip so that it tails off the fascia board. Snap layout lines photo by mary beth montgomery mark the highest point of the gutter run on the fascia 1 inches. Screw the gutter to the fascia drive 1 1 4 in. Please ensure that the drip edge is extended over the gutter.

How to install gutters in 8 steps 1. Punch in the 1 hex head screw using the electric drill at the distance of every 2 foot along with the gutter runner. The correct placement of the drip edge is the top of the roof directly between the shingles and the fascia board. One way to make sure your gutter doesn t fall off the house is to install fascia hanger brackets.

It should be a minimum extension of two inch from the fascia board on the roof. Hook the curled edge along the bottom of the fascia trim into the channel of the f channel and tuck the top edge of the fascia trim into the gutter apron or the undersill trim. Attach fascia brackets photo by mary beth montgomery locate the rafter tails behind the fascia. Installing gutters in 18 steps snap a chalk line across the fascia creating the proper pitch toward the downspout end.

Attach the gutter to fascia by fastening the screw from the backside of it to the rain spout. Install one screw every two feet. Just hook the bracket under the front lip of the gutter and then screw the other side of the bracket to the fascia. To install gutters have the gutters slope downward toward the downspout so they work properly.

How do you install gutters on a house with fascia.