Installing A Gutter Downpipe

Fit the gutter in place which normally just clips in with the appropriate stop ends connectors and gutter outlet for the downpipe.

Installing a gutter downpipe.

Simple installation stratco fascia is easy to install. To establish the position of the running outlet or stopend outlet hang a plumb bob from the fascia so that it. Attaching the downspout outlet and caps 1. Place a step ladder under the area you are installing the downspout.

Specially designed fascia brackets attach to the rafters then the stratco steel fascia is simply clipped into place. Cut it to length with a hacksaw and removing any burrs with a half round file. Fit the rest of the downpipes using a pipe socket to connect each pipe together. At the base of the pipe fit a shoe secured with a pipe clip.

Measure in 4 inches from the end corner of. Finally insert the filling into the hole and fasten it with short screws. Use a pencil to mark the positioning of the outlet and its fixing holes onto the fascia ensuring that it is no. Drill a hole in the bottom of the gutter at the 4 inch mark with a 1 inch hole saw attachment to the drill.

How to add a downspout in an existing gutter step 1. Mark the location of the downspout outlet. Remove the outlet hole using offset tin snips. Stratco gutters can then be installed using the stratco gutter suspension clip which attaches the gutter to the fascia.

Newly installed gutting and downpipe. Cut a starter hole in the gutter with a chisel drill or sabre saw and nibble out the finished opening with tin snips. Use the flange to mark the screwhole locations and bore 1 8 in holes through the gutter. Drill pilot holes then fit the.

Step by step step 1. You can double check the fall with your spirit level. Fix the first length of downpipe with its socket uppermost into the outlet fixing it to the wall with a pipe clip at the top holding the pipe to the wall.