How To Hang Rain Gutters

This old house general contractor tom silva shows how to install an efficient rain handling gutter system.

How to hang rain gutters. Snap a chalk line across the fascia creating the proper pitch toward the downspout end. Click the links below to see inside dus. Attaching the downspout outlet and caps 1. Secure it with eight pop rivets or sheet metal screws.

Attach the outlet. Secure the end cap to the gutter with a crimping tool. House flipping brothers dave and rich show how to install gutters on a house. Cut a triangular section from.

Remove the outlet hole using offset tin snips. Apply gutter sealant to an end cap then press the cap onto one end of the gutter. 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. Measure the distance between these fittings and cut a short length of downspout to join the allowing for about 1 1 2 in.

They are currently renovating a large lake house that required all new gutters. Hook on gutter hanging straps. Install hangers every two feet to support the gutters and strengthen the front edge. Choose green snips if you re cutting clockwise and red tin snips if.

Wrap the aluminum strip tight around the underside of the gutter. Finish off the curves with sheet metal shears. The hangers are designed to slip over the back edge of the gutter. At the downspout locations trace the outline of the flange that will connect the gutter and downspout then punch through it with a sharp chisel.

Mark the location of the downspout outlet. Start by pushing the female end of a downspout elbow onto the first outlet fitting. Measure from the corner of your home to the center of the downspout. Then hold a second elbow against the corner of the house in line with the first elbow.

Subscribe to this old house. Measure the fascia to determine the length of the gutter. The home mender dustin luby shows us how to install new gutters with ease. With the gutters screwed to the fascia it s a simple job to install the hidden gutter hangers.