Installing Gutter Sections

This is our first video in our tutorial on metal roofing.

Installing gutter sections.

Wrap the aluminum strip tight around the underside of the gutter. How to install gutters step 1. Gutter components are made by several manufacturers and are available through lumberyards. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section.

Secure it with eight pop rivets or sheet metal screws. Measure the total run of the gutter length you need. Click the links below to see inside dus. Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter.

Getting started part. Leave the old spikes in place a spike head looks better than a hole in the gutter. Steel is stronger and. Cover the joint between two lengths of gutter at each corner with a strip miter a 3 inch wide strip of aluminum.

First install the gutter sections into the outlets using the hangers to support the individual sections. Snap the sections together. 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 have a choice between steel and aluminum systems which is best. Use a plastic slip joint at the end of every 10 foot length connecting the gutter sections for each section with connectors. Just hook the bracket under the front lip of the gutter and then screw the other side of the bracket to the fascia. Add an end cap to areas that won t have outlets to keep the water flowing toward the downspouts.

One way to make sure your gutter doesn t fall off the house is to install fascia hanger brackets.