Hang A Gutter By Yourself

This old house general contractor tom silva shows how to install an efficient rain handling gutter system.

Hang a gutter by yourself. Of insertion on one end. Avoid hanging the gutter hangers too far apart. Home centers sell a gutter apron in 10 ft. Cut a triangular section from.

Mark the location of the downspout outlet. Measure from the corner of your home to the center of the downspout. You may have to temporarily remove your hangers as you go or you can notch out the apron around them. Once the apron s in place fasten it with sheet metal screws.

Subscribe to this old house. Choose green snips if you re cutting clockwise and red tin snips if. Without the correct support the rain gutters will sag. Then hold a second elbow against the corner of the house in line with the first elbow.

Snap the sections together. Measure the distance between these fittings and cut a short length of downspout to join the allowing for about 1 1 2 in. The gutter hangers are the way you mount the gutter system to your home so they need to be spaced properly. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section.

If you leave too much space between the hangers the rain gutters will actually sag causing the water to pool instead of flowing through. Attach the outlet. Attaching the downspout outlet and caps 1. Remove the outlet hole using offset tin snips.

Secure it with eight pop rivets or sheet metal screws. 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. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder. Wrap the aluminum strip tight around the underside of the gutter.

All gutters are attached to your house by mounting system or different types of hangers inside outside or strap and the hangers need to be carefully spaced close together 3 feet or less to give the gutter proper support.