How To Install A Rain Gutter System

Begin by installing a slip joint splice on each end of an inside corner fitting.

How to install a rain gutter system. Use a square and pencil to mark the gutter length and cut to the line. Cut a four inch long notch to overlap and splice together gutter sections. They are currently renovating a large lake house that required all new gutters. Connect the diverter s flexible hose to the port on the side of the rain barrel.

Slide the splices on as far as they ll go. Use a measuring tape to determine the length of the gutter. Once all the parts of the drainage system were installed we covered the tubes with several inches of rock. Rain gutters should be attached to the fascia and run the entire length of the roof ending with a downspout.

That line eventually emptied into the low spot in the back yard. Measure the length of the roof that you re working on. House flipping brothers dave and rich show how to install gutters on a house. See gutter rain barrel video above for demonstration.

A gutter cover or gutter heating system might be just what you need for your metal roof. If you don t want to remember to clean your gutters or you don t find balancing on a ladder to be a safe fun way to spend your weekend you can install a gutter cover. Attach a short length of downspout to the underside of the diverter. Install a diverter in the downspout positioning it even with the top of the rain barrel.

Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section with an inside or outside corner piece. Then trim the first section of the gutter to length with tin snips. Where the tube passes by the downspout from the gutter we installed a y fitting and drained the roof water from the gutter system directly into the main drainage line.