Putting Up Aluminum Gutters

Afterward insert a 1 inch 2 5 cm 8 32 stainless steel machine screw through the hole and cap it with a flanged nut to secure the gutter to the bracket.

Putting up aluminum gutters.

All gutters are attached to your house by mounting system or different types of hangers inside outside or strap and the hangers need to be carefully spaced close together 3 feet or less to give the gutter proper support. Cut a triangular section from. Click the links below to see inside dus. Getting started part.

Steel is stronger and. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section. Secure it with eight pop rivets or sheet metal screws. Form strip miter joint at corner cover the joint between two lengths of gutter at each corner with a strip miter a 3 inch wide strip of aluminum.

Ask this old house general contractor tom silva installs an alternative to a gutter when a traditional one does not work. The home mender dustin luby shows us how to install new gutters with ease. If you have a choice between steel and aluminum systems which is best. Secure the gutters to the fascia brackets using machine screws.

Wrap the aluminum strip tight around the underside of the gutter. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder. How to install gutters step 1. Use an electric drill to create a 3 16 inch 0 48 cm diameter hole into the front side of the gutter.

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