Installing Gutter Sections

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

Installing gutter sections.

One way to make sure your gutter doesn t fall off the house is to install fascia hanger brackets. Steel is stronger and. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder. If you have a choice between steel and aluminum systems which is best.

How to install gutters step 1. Use a plastic slip joint at the end of every 10 foot length connecting the gutter sections for each section with connectors. How to connect two sections of gutters. First install the gutter sections into the outlets using the hangers to support the individual sections.

Getting started part. The home mender dustin luby shows us how to install new gutters with ease. Gutter components are made by several manufacturers and are available through lumberyards. Leave the old spikes in place a spike head looks better than a hole in the gutter.

Just hook the bracket under the front lip of the gutter and then screw the other side of the bracket to the fascia. Measure the total run of the gutter length you need. Wrap the aluminum strip tight around the underside of the gutter. Secure it with eight pop rivets or sheet metal screws.

Snap the sections together. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section. The first gutter piece and maybe the second and even a third piece will likely be full 10 ft. Cover the joint between two lengths of gutter at each corner with a strip miter a 3 inch wide strip of aluminum.

Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter.