How To Put Gutter Brackets On

Have your assistant hand you a new gutter bracket.

How to put gutter brackets on. Secure the gutter to the bracket with a 1 inch long 8 32 stainless steel machine screw and flanged nut. One way to make sure your gutter doesn t fall off the house is to install fascia hanger brackets. You can also use these for the half round hangers in brackets for half round gutters. The drain outlet section might screw directly into the fascia board or it might attach to one or two brackets that you ll attach to the fascia first.

With all the necessary fittings attached to this length of gutter install a hanger bracket every 2 to 3 ft. Attach the piece s to the fascia with 25 mm 1 inch screws. Hold the drain outlet or its bracket s in position mark the screw locations on the fascia and drill pilot holes in those spots. With help lift the gutter in place and secure the corner first screwing the bracket into the roof s fascia.

Gutter placement people usually think that gutters should be placed right on the roofline. Just hook the bracket under the front lip of the gutter and then screw the other side of the bracket to the fascia. Rotate the gutter upward until its back edge slips into the hooks at the top of the back of the brackets as shown. Using the drill unscrew the old bracket from the roof.

The number one screw to use is a hex head number eight stainless screw. At 1 inches they usually have a piercing point and it s used with the hidden gutter bracket. Through the screw mounting hole in each bracket drill a 3 16 inch diameter hole in the front edge of the gutter. Using the drill screw the new gutter bracket to the roof through the fascia.

Tip the hooked end of the bracket under the front flange and press the remaining end over the back fo the gutter. Hook it to the lip of the gutter. Use hex head screws for gutter brackets. This is incorrect because rainwater pulls back up on the underside of the roof and it drips down under the roof.