Hang A Gutter By Yourself

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.

Hang a gutter by yourself.

Cut a triangular section from. Snap the sections together. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section. Of insertion on one end.

If you leave too much space between the hangers the rain gutters will actually sag causing the water to pool instead of flowing through. Wrap the aluminum strip tight around the underside of the gutter. Home centers sell a gutter apron in 10 ft. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder.

The gutter hangers are the way you mount the gutter system to your home so they need to be spaced properly. You may have to temporarily remove your hangers as you go or you can notch out the apron around them. Start by pushing the female end of a downspout elbow onto the first outlet fitting. Avoid hanging the gutter hangers too far apart.

Measure the distance between these fittings and cut a short length of downspout to join the allowing for about 1 1 2 in. Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter. This old house general contractor tom silva shows how to install an efficient rain handling gutter system. Without the correct support the rain gutters will sag.

Remove the outlet hole using offset tin snips. Attach the outlet. Subscribe to this old house. A gutter apron is a bent piece of flashing that tucks up under the shingles and over the gutter.

Measure from the corner of your home to the center of the downspout. Then hold a second elbow against the corner of the house in line with the first elbow. Mark the location of the downspout outlet. Choose green snips if you re cutting clockwise and red tin snips if.

Secure it with eight pop rivets or sheet metal screws.