Putting Up Aluminum Gutters

Snap the sections together.

Putting up aluminum gutters.

Subscribe to this old house. Use an electric drill to create a 3 16 inch 0 48 cm diameter hole into the front side of the gutter. Ask this old house general contractor tom silva installs an alternative to a gutter when a traditional one does not work. Getting started part.

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

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. Cut a triangular section from. Secure the gutters to the fascia brackets using machine screws. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder.

Click the links below to see inside dus. How to install gutters step 1. Steel is stronger and. Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter.

If you have a choice between steel and aluminum systems which is best.