How To Install Gutter Fascia

Apply gutter sealant to an end cap then press the cap onto one end of the gutter.

How to install gutter fascia.

Unscrew the gutters from behind your existing fascia board with an electric screwdriver. Are you wondering how to install gutters without fascia. Snap a chalk line across the fascia creating the proper pitch toward the downspout end. For every 10 feet of gutter from this measurement and mark this distance at the low end of the gutter run.

Remove the gutter brackets from your fascia so you can reuse them on the new board. Make sure that the tapered end of the downspout is facing down and aimed in the appropriate direction. Lay the gutter into the brackets that you ve lag screwed to the fascia. Quality gutter installation usually makes use of fascia gutter brackets.

What happens if you don t have fascia boards. Usually homes have fascia making it easy to install new gutters securely under the roof. Secure the end cap to the gutter with a crimping tool. Rotate the gutter upward until its back edge slips into the hooks at the top of the back of the brackets as shown.

Measure the fascia to determine the length of the gutter. Installing gutters in 18 steps. To get the downspout to connect with the outlet tube crimp the downspout with some pliers. Measure and record the distance from the bottom of the fascia board to this nail.

Many a homeowner has encountered this quandary when embarking on a gutter project. Then locate the brackets underneath your gutter holding them in place and unscrew them so you can lift the gutter up and away from the fascia. These should be attached through fascia into rafter tails rather than to just the fascia for a secure and long lasting. Fasten the downspout to the gutters and the downspout to the outlet tube either with pop rivets or the appropriate screws.

Below the shingles on the high side of the gutter run. Through the screw mounting hole in each bracket drill a 3 16 inch diameter hole in the front edge of the.