How To Attach Rain Gutter Lengths Together

Measure a length of guttering long enough for the wall where you are hanging it.

How to attach rain gutter lengths together.

It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder. 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. Allow for about 1 1 2 inches of overlap at each connection.

If you have a straight run gable roof measure from shingle to shingle and then add. Attach the gutters to the fascia. Snap the sections together. Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter.

Attach a short length of downspout to the underside of the diverter. Cut it if necessary with a hacksaw or tin snips. 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. Put the best looking gutter edge or the gutter with the factory cut on the outside.

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. Be sure to do this once along every 2 foot 0 61 m length along the gutter. How to connect two sections of gutters. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section.

Measure the total run of the gutter length you need. Connect the two sections of gutter overlapping the middle sections by 4 inches. This is our first video in our tutorial on metal roofing. Connect the diverter s flexible hose to the port on the side of the rain barrel.