How To Install A Roof Gutter

Then cut the gutters to size and attach the fascia brackets to the rafter tails.

How to install a roof gutter. If you have a choice between steel and aluminum systems which is best. To learn how to install the brackets gutters and downspout keep reading. Finally mount the gutters to the brackets and attach them to the downspout. Gutters should be attached to the fascia and run the entire length of the roof ending with a downspout.

Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section. Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter. Snap the sections together. Lay the gutter into the brackets that you ve lag screwed to the fascia.

Gutter components are made by several manufacturers and are available through lumberyards. They are currently renovating a large lake house that required all new gutters. More diy home improvement projects. Through the screw mounting hole in each bracket drill a 3 16 inch diameter hole in the front edge of the gutter.

If a gutter run will measure longer than 40 feet 12 m the gutter should be positioned to pitch down from the middle aimed toward a downspout at each end. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder. How to install gutters step 1. Once you have all of your supplies start by attaching the downspout outlet and caps to the roof.

Getting started part.