How To Cut Steel Rain Gutters

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.

How to cut steel rain gutters.

Secure it with eight pop rivets or sheet metal screws. Laying your gutter on the workbench measure off the amount of gutter you want to cut and mark it with a pencil. This is our first video in our tutorial on metal roofing. Cut a triangular section from.

Rest the base of the carpenter s square against the top edge of the metal gutter and align the blade of the square with the. Pull the tape measure along the length of metal gutter and mark the length you need to cut the gutter with the carpenter s pencil. Mark the point to be cut on the gutters with an erasable marker. Miter saws are the most common tool used for cutting gutters especially metal and plastic gutters.

Hold the handle with your dominant hand and keep your index finger parallel to the top pointing toward the cutting direction for support. Use a carpenter s square to get around to the bottom. Use the old adage measure twice and cut once then turn the gutter upside down on the table and mark it all the way around. Cut the gutters to size with a hacksaw and heavy duty tin snips.

Fit the miter saw with a carbide tipped finish blade for cutting through metal but this is the fastest and most efficient tool for cutting through any type of gutter material.