How To Connect Gutter Sections

How to connect downspout elbows.

How to connect gutter sections. Insert a 3 4 inch sheet metal screw through the front of the gutter outlet using a screwdriver so that it. If your home has vinyl gutters follow these steps about how to join gutter sections. If you have a straight run gable roof measure from shingle to shingle and then add 1 2 inch to each side. If you have a straight run gable roof measure from shingle to shingle and then add.

Insert an elbow up one inch into the. Position the connector directly over the seam where the two gutter pieces meet. Then wrap the seamer around the butted gutter components from below. The front of the seamer hooks to the front edge of the gutter.

Using the same method you would for metal gutters measure the amount of gutter you ll need. The seamer is a 3 inch wide piece of aluminum in a k profile to match the gutter. Rivets at the front of the gutter and installing the first rivet with the rivet gun. The first gutter piece and maybe the second and even a third piece will likely be full 10 ft.

How to connect two sections of gutters if you are going to put gutters around your house and you have some long sections you are going to have to piece two. Clean the slip joint connectors with rubbing alcohol as well. How to connect two sections of gutters. Hang the gutter sections as close you can when.

Measure the total run of the gutter length you need. Of insertion on one end. Start by pushing the female end of a downspout elbow onto the first outlet fitting. Then hold a second elbow against the corner of the house in line with the first elbow.

Start by drilling a 1 8 in. Now you can install the gutters. Measure the distance between these fittings and cut a short length of downspout to join the allowing for about 1 1 2 in. Squeeze plastic cement into the interior of the connector.

Now drill the remaining holes and install the rivets. Rivet the sections join the gutter to the corner with six rivets in the locations shown.