How To Attach A Gutter To A House

Locate each rafter tail usually spaced every 16 inches 40 6.

How to attach a gutter to a house.

Snap the sections together. If you have a choice between steel and aluminum systems which is best. Use a hacksaw or heavy duty tin snips to cut the gutter at the appropriate measurement. Screw the upper end of the downspout to the downspout outlet protruding from the gutter.

With the cordless drill and gutter hanging screws attach the drainpipe side section of gutter to the house following the chalk slope line. Install a diverter in the downspout positioning it even with the top of the rain barrel. These straps act as a sling for your gutter. A home without fascia needs to have gutters attached by roof straps.

Fasten the downspout to the house with mounting straps. Mount the second section of gutter as with the first lower section of gutter follow the slope line for the adjoining higher section of gutter. Getting started part. Gutter components are made by several manufacturers and are available through lumberyards.

Either way put end caps on the end of the gutter that does not got to a downspout. Chalk a line along the length of the fascia board starting at the top the non downspout end 1 1 4 inches. If a soffit conceals the rafters look for tell tale. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder.

Steel is stronger and. Sizing cutting and installing the gutters 1. Find the location of the rafter tails behind the fascia board. They re fitted to the gutter hanger and then they are attached directly to the roof.

If you have half round gutters snap them into place after installing the brackets. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section. Sometimes the roof needs repair in addition to the gutters but you aren t able to complete both projects at the same time. How to attach guttering to existing fascia 1.

Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter. Attach the gutter brackets on every other rafter tail. Attach a short length of downspout to the underside of the diverter. If you have k style or other brackets you will have been installing the pieces of gutter as you go.