Connecting Rain Gutter Sections

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

Connecting rain gutter sections. Use a saw to cut gutter pieces to fit allowing 3 to 4 inches extra for overlap when joining pieces together. You will first want to lay out your rivets onto the gutters. Measure the total run of the gutter length you need. Insert an elbow up one inch into the bottom of the funnel shaped opening on the gutter which is called a gutter outlet.

How to join metal gutters. Cut one section of downspout to custom fit the length to your house. How to connect two sections of gutters. Apply gutter sealant where the two sections fit together.

That may even work for the second and third pieces but. For homeowners with a straight run gable roof measure shingle to shingle and. Connect the two sections of gutter overlapping the middle sections by 4 inches. The first piece of the gutter will likely be its full length.

Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter. The first gutter piece and maybe the second and even a third piece will likely be full 10 ft. Measure the height the downspout covers. If you have a straight run gable roof measure from shingle to shingle and then add.

Connect the elbow to the gutter step 1 place a ladder against the house directly under the gutter where the downspout will be installed. Put the best looking gutter edge or the gutter with the factory cut on the outside. Allow an extra inch for the cut end of the gutter to stretch past the end of the fascia. Step 3 assemble the gutters.

Temporarily secure these rivets down with clamps. Typically an elbow screws to the gutter opening then another elbow attaches and runs back to the house. Connecting two downspouts together. The downspout sections connect with slip joints each fastened with at least two aluminum screws driven into predrilled holes.

Assemble the downspout at the ground level driving primed sheet metal screws into predrilled holes at each joint in the downspout. Set them very close to the place you are wanting them to be inserted into. First measure the total run of the gutter length needed. You need a tight seal so water doesn t leak through.

Snap the sections together.