How To Hang Gutters And Downspouts

Cut and assemble the gutters on the ground.

How to hang gutters and downspouts.

Add caulking to seal the seam. Hold another elbow against the house and cut a piece of downspout to fit between the two elbows. The standard is about inch per 10 feet. Finally mount the gutters to the brackets and attach them to the downspout.

Screw a downspout elbow to the outlet tube protruding down from the gutter. Attaching angled blocks will keep your guttering parallel to the ground instead of dipping toward or away from the shed. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder.

Increasing the pitch increases a gutter s handling capacity but the gutter may look askew over a long run. Use needlenosed pliers to. Connect downspout to gutter secure the downspout outlet to the gutter with four pop rivets or screws. Use tin snips and cut the sides first so that the gutter can be bent back for easy access to the bottom with the snips.

As with gutters a downspout s capacity must match or exceed the expected runoff. Gutters over flows add downspout to bring water down from roof faster. While it makese sense to slightly slope the gutter toward the downspout about 1 4 in. Its easy less than 30 minutes and under 30 00 in parts.

The above recommendations assume that you have properly sized downspouts every 40 feet. And a level gutter is the obvious answer when there s a downspout at both ends such as on our hip roof. Then drill pilot holes in the blocks and attach them to the fascia with 25 mm 1 inch wood screws. Then cut the gutters to size and attach the fascia brackets to the rafter tails.

To learn how to install the brackets gutters and downspout keep reading. Gutters are often installed level for appearance. Snap the sections together. Secure the rest of the hangers with 2 in galvanized nails or screws.

Watch and learn how and stop. Locate each block where you intend to attach a bracket.