How To Attach Rain Gutter Lengths Together

Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter.

How to attach rain gutter lengths together.

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. Piece two pieces of guttering together by overlapping ethe nds 8. Connect the diverter s flexible hose to the port on the side of the rain barrel. 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. Measure a length of guttering long enough for the wall where you are hanging it. How to connect two sections of gutters. 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.

Install a diverter in the downspout positioning it even with the top of the rain barrel. The first gutter piece and maybe the second and even a third piece will likely be full 10 ft. See gutter rain barrel video above for demonstration. Connect the two sections of gutter overlapping the middle sections by 4 inches.

Cut it if necessary with a hacksaw or tin snips. Measure the total run of the gutter length you need. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder. This is our first video in our tutorial on metal roofing.

If you have a straight run gable roof measure from shingle to shingle and then add. Attach a short length of downspout to the underside of the diverter. 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. Allow for about 1 1 2 inches of overlap at each connection.