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.

How to attach rain gutter lengths together. Be sure to do this once along every 2 foot 0 61 m length along the gutter. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section. 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. Allow for about 1 1 2 inches of overlap at each connection.

Check the measurements so that the total length of the first and second gutter when put together will equal the length you need plus 4 inches. Connect the diverter s flexible hose to the port on the side of the rain barrel. Attach a short length of downspout to the underside of the diverter. Measure the total run of the gutter length you need.

Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter. Cut it if necessary with a hacksaw or tin snips. How to connect two sections of gutters. Measure a length of guttering long enough for the wall where you are hanging it.

If you have a straight run gable roof measure from shingle to shingle and then add. 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. Snap the sections together. See gutter rain barrel video above for demonstration.

This is our first video in our tutorial on metal roofing. Connect the two sections of gutter overlapping the middle sections by 4 inches. Attach the gutters to the fascia. Piece two pieces of guttering together by overlapping ethe nds 8.