How To Cut Gutters Straight

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How to cut gutters straight. Work wrinkles and bubbles flat. This is our first video in our tutorial on metal roofing. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Laying your gutter on the workbench measure off the amount of gutter you want to cut and mark it with a pencil.

Use a carpenter s square to get around to the bottom. Roll the tape down the wall of the gutter pushing it firmly into curves and corners photo 3. If you have inside corners subtract 5 inches. Cut the tape with a scissors or a razor knife photo 2.

Then with the combination square transfer the line down each side of the aluminum gutter. Measure the total run of the gutter length you need. Extend the cut mark around the aluminum gutter by aligning the blade of the combination square with the length mark you placed on the bottom surface of the aluminum gutter and running the carpenter s pencil along the edge of the combination square blade. If you have a straight run gable roof measure from shingle to shingle and then add 1 2 inch to each side for a slight overlap.

How to cut metal gutters. Rest the base of the carpenter s square against the top edge of the metal gutter and align the blade of the square with the. Pull the tape measure along the length of metal gutter and mark the length you need to cut the gutter with the carpenter s pencil. For outside corners measure from corner to corner.