Installing Gutter Sections

Getting started part.

Installing gutter sections.

Click the links below to see inside dus. Wrap the aluminum strip tight around the underside of the gutter. The first gutter piece and maybe the second and even a third piece will likely be full 10 ft. Measure the total run of the gutter length you need.

Leave the old spikes in place a spike head looks better than a hole in the gutter. One way to make sure your gutter doesn t fall off the house is to install fascia hanger brackets. Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter. Steel is stronger and.

First install the gutter sections into the outlets using the hangers to support the individual sections. Snap the sections together. Gutter components are made by several manufacturers and are available through lumberyards. The home mender dustin luby shows us how to install new gutters with ease.

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. Secure it with eight pop rivets or sheet metal screws. This is our first video in our tutorial on metal roofing.

Just hook the bracket under the front lip of the gutter and then screw the other side of the bracket to the fascia. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section. If you have a choice between steel and aluminum systems which is best. How to connect two sections of gutters.

It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder.