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.

Putting up aluminum gutters.

It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section. The home mender dustin luby shows us how to install new gutters with ease. Secure it with eight pop rivets or sheet metal screws.

Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter. 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. If you have a choice between steel and aluminum systems which is best. Ask this old house general contractor tom silva installs an alternative to a gutter when a traditional one does not work.

Click the links below to see inside dus. Cut a triangular section from. Use an electric drill to create a 3 16 inch 0 48 cm diameter hole into the front side of the gutter. Gutter components are made by several manufacturers and are available through lumberyards.

Subscribe to this old house. How to install gutters step 1. Wrap the aluminum strip tight around the underside of the gutter. 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.

Secure the gutters to the fascia brackets using machine screws.