How To Build A Gutter Board

Cut the board into 3 ft 0 91 m sections with a reciprocating saw.

How to build a gutter board. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder. Get your kids off technology and on to a gutter board now. Cut out each 3 ft 0 91 m section one at a time until you ve removed the full board. Stand the boards on edge and secure them upright with wood stakes driven into the ground with a hammer behind them.

Install the remaining straps with a spacing of about 2 ft 61 cm. Snap the sections together. Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter. Coat form boards with cooking oil or similar material to prevent concrete from adhering to them.

Make vertical cuts into the fascia board between your roof rafters. Install a self drilling aluminum roofing screw that pierces and secures the flashing gutter and supporting strap photo 2 and 3. Mark out 3 ft 0 91 m sections along your fascia board with a pencil. Nail each lookout to a rafter.

For roofs with a metal covering your exact spacing will be determined by the peaks and valleys of your roof sheeting panels. Cut mini notched rafters called lookouts from the 2 by 6 inch roofing lumber stock. Build the forms with 2 by 12 boards for the back of the curb and 2 by 6 boards for the front of the curb and front edge of the gutter. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section.

How to make wood gutters.