How To Attach Rain Gutter Lengths Together

This is our first video in our tutorial on metal roofing.

How to attach rain gutter lengths together.

Connect the two sections of gutter overlapping the middle sections by 4 inches. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder. See gutter rain barrel video above for demonstration. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section.

Measure a length of guttering long enough for the wall where you are hanging it. Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter. 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. Measure the total run of the gutter length you need.

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. Attach the gutters to the fascia. 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. How to connect two sections of gutters.

Cut it if necessary with a hacksaw or tin snips. If you have a straight run gable roof measure from shingle to shingle and then add. Attach a short length of downspout to the underside of the diverter. Allow for about 1 1 2 inches of overlap at each connection.

Install a diverter in the downspout positioning it even with the top of the rain barrel. Snap the sections together. Connect the diverter s flexible hose to the port on the side of the rain barrel. Be sure to do this once along every 2 foot 0 61 m length along the gutter.