Hang A Gutter By Yourself

Then hold a second elbow against the corner of the house in line with the first elbow.

Hang a gutter by yourself.

Avoid hanging the gutter hangers too far apart. Start by pushing the female end of a downspout elbow onto the first outlet fitting. Snap the sections together. Cut a triangular section from.

Of insertion on one end. Wrap the aluminum strip tight around the underside of the gutter. Subscribe to this old house. Home centers sell a gutter apron in 10 ft.

Attach the outlet. A gutter apron is a bent piece of flashing that tucks up under the shingles and over the gutter. Choose green snips if you re cutting clockwise and red tin snips if. Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter.

Mark the location of the downspout outlet. Secure it with eight pop rivets or sheet metal screws. Once the apron s in place fasten it with 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.

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. If you leave too much space between the hangers the rain gutters will actually sag causing the water to pool instead of flowing through. Measure the distance between these fittings and cut a short length of downspout to join the allowing for about 1 1 2 in. Without the correct support the rain gutters will sag.

Remove the outlet hole using offset tin snips. 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. 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.