How To Hang Up Gutters

First install the gutter sections into the outlets using the hangers to support the individual sections.

How to hang up gutters. Run the bead up both sides. Begin by applying a heavy bead of lap sealer with a caulk gun at least 4 in. Secure the end cap to the gutter with a crimping tool. Hang the gutter sections.

Of overlap snap the front flanges together and screw the overlap together with sheetmetal screws. Use a plastic slip joint at the end of every 10 foot length connecting the gutter sections for each section with connectors. Cut a triangular section from. Apply gutter sealant to an end cap then press the cap onto one end of the gutter.

Choose green snips if you re cutting clockwise and red tin snips if. 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. Measure from the corner of your home to the center of the downspout. Secure it with eight pop rivets or sheet metal screws.

Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section. Mark the location of the downspout outlet. Snap a chalk line across the fascia creating the proper pitch toward the downspout end. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder.

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. Then set the new length of gutter into the installed length with about 5 in. Wrap the aluminum strip tight around the underside of the gutter. Without the correct support the rain gutters will sag.

Remove the outlet hole using offset tin snips. Measure the fascia to determine the length of the gutter. Attaching the downspout outlet and caps 1. Snap the sections together.