How To Attach Rain Gutter Lengths Together

Snap the sections together.

How to attach rain gutter lengths together. Connect the diverter s flexible hose to the port on the side of the rain barrel. This is our first video in our tutorial on metal roofing. Cut it if necessary with a hacksaw or tin snips. Install a diverter in the downspout positioning it even with the top of the rain barrel.

Use an electric drill to drive 1 1 4 inch 1 9 cm stainless steel hex head sheet metal screws through the back side of the gutter into the fascia. Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter. Measure a length of guttering long enough for the wall where you are hanging it. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder.

Measure the total run of the gutter length you need. If you have a straight run gable roof measure from shingle to shingle and then add. Allow for about 1 1 2 inches of overlap at each connection. Connect the two sections of gutter overlapping the middle sections by 4 inches.

Be sure to do this once along every 2 foot 0 61 m length along the gutter. Piece two pieces of guttering together by overlapping ethe nds 8. The first gutter piece and maybe the second and even a third piece will likely be full 10 ft. Attach the gutters to the fascia.

Run the tape measure from the bottom of the lower elbow to the ground and add 1 1 2 inches for the top joint where it connects to the. Put the best looking gutter edge or the gutter with the factory cut on the outside. See gutter rain barrel video above for demonstration. Check the measurements so that the total length of the first and second gutter when put together will equal the length you need plus 4 inches.