Installing Gutters By Yourself

Gutters are most often installed by professionals but there s no reason you can t do it yourself.

Installing gutters by yourself.

5 snap a chalk line between the start and end of the gutter run. Caps come in left and right profiles and can be mechanically fastened with screws or rivets or simply glued in place with gutter lap sealer. The gutters themselves will attach to these outlets so it s important to place them first to use as a guide as you continue installing. All the materials and accessories are readily available at home centers lumberyards and through roofing supply firms.

They are currently renovating a large lake house that required all new gutters. Here s how to go about installing them. Once the hangers are in place you can install the gutters and attach them to the hangers via screws. Next install a downspout outlet fitting in the gutter.

2 attach gutter hangers along the chalk line on the fascia boards. More diy home improvement projects. Drip edge gets installed under the first course of shingles and promotes water to run freely from roof edge down into gutter. House flipping brothers dave and rich show how to install gutters on a house.

The first line will be 1 4 inch 0 64 cm down from the highest point the second 1 2 inch 1 3 cm down and the end point 3 4 inch 1 9 cm down. A permanent solution you should consider is installing drip edge. One of the first and most critical parts of installing gutters is creating fall or slope that will ensure that water always moves toward the downspouts. Downspouts on gutters that drain large roof areas or if you live in an area with torrential rains.

For ideal drainage you want about one inch of fall for every 20 feet of travel. We riveted the top front flange and used lap seal caulk on the rest of the joint. Slope long gutter runs 40 feet or more down both directions from the middle and put a downspout on each end. Buy special roof hanger mounting straps for houses without fascia boards or for fascias that aren t vertical.

If the opposite end of this gutter terminates install an end cap. Water will drip off the very edge of your roof but also be pulled back up on the underside and drip out a few inches underneath your roof s edge as well. The key to installing the hangers correctly is to screw them into the rafter boards not just the front fascia.