How To Build A Gutter Board

Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section.

How to build a gutter board. Build the forms with 2 by 12 boards for the back of the curb and 2 by 6 boards for the front of the curb and front edge of the gutter. Bringing back the nz famous gutter board. Mark out 3 ft 0 91 m sections along your fascia board with a pencil. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder.

Snap the sections together. Get your kids off technology and on to a gutter board now. Install a self drilling aluminum roofing screw that pierces and secures the flashing gutter and supporting strap photo 2 and 3. Stand the boards on edge and secure them upright with wood stakes driven into the ground with a hammer behind them.

Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter. Cut the board into 3 ft 0 91 m sections with a reciprocating saw. Cut mini notched rafters called lookouts from the 2 by 6 inch roofing lumber stock. Install the remaining straps with a spacing of about 2 ft 61 cm.

Coat form boards with cooking oil or similar material to prevent concrete from adhering to them. For roofs with a metal covering your exact spacing will be determined by the peaks and valleys of your roof sheeting panels. Nail 1 inch thick. Cut out each 3 ft 0 91 m section one at a time until you ve removed the full board.

Make vertical cuts into the fascia board between your roof rafters.