How To Install Rain Gutters On Your House

Measure the fascia to determine the length of the gutter.

How to install rain gutters on your house. They are currently renovating a large lake house that required all new gutters. House flipping brothers dave and rich show how to install gutters on a house. Apply gutter sealant to an end cap then press the cap onto one end of the gutter. As long as you have good weather a partner and the right tools and a sturdy ladder you should be able to install gutters on an entire one story house in a weekend or two.

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. Secure it with eight pop rivets or sheet metal screws. Afterward insert a 1 inch 2 5 cm 8 32 stainless steel machine screw through the hole and cap it with a flanged nut to secure the gutter to the bracket. Snap a chalk line across the fascia creating the proper pitch toward the downspout end.

Crimp the end cap in place using the same gutter sealant used on the seams. Finish off the curves with sheet metal shears. At the downspout locations trace the outline of the flange that will connect the gutter and downspout then punch through it with a sharp chisel. Secure the end cap to the gutter with.

Gutters and downspouts attach to each other with a variety of connectors and corners to form a unified system. Installing gutters in 18 steps. Cut a triangular section from.