How To Install Vinyl Gutters Yourself

How to install vinyl rain gutters step 1.

How to install vinyl gutters yourself.

Set up a ladder at one end of the roof line and climb to the edge of the roof with ruler and pencil and a drop. Are you going to collect in a rain barrel or dump your runoff far enough from. Then hold a second elbow against the corner of the house in line with the first elbow. Of insertion on one end.

Rotate the gutter upward until its back edge slips into the hooks at the top of the back of the brackets as shown. Decide where you want the water to go. Start by pushing the female end of a downspout elbow onto the first outlet fitting. These two marks should be level with each other.

Move to the downspout end and measure down the same distance and mark it. Below the shingles on the high side of the gutter run. Measure and record the distance from the bottom of the fascia board to this nail. Measure out the gutter run.

Preparing for installation 1. Finish off the curves with sheet metal shears. To determine how many gutter sections and accessory pieces you need to buy measure the. When installing gutters set the proper slope by driving a nail 1 2 in.

Back at the original end of the roof line hook a tape measure on to the end of the fascia and measure out 10. More diy home improvement projects. Installing the gutters start at the end of the gutter away from the downspout location and measure down 1 2 inch or the distance recommended by your gutter manufacturer and make a mark. Lay the gutter into the brackets that you ve lag screwed to the fascia.

Through the screw mounting hole in each bracket drill a 3 16 inch diameter hole in the front edge of the gutter. Crimp the end cap in place using the same gutter sealant used on the seams. For every 10 feet of gutter from this measurement and mark this distance at the low end of the gutter run.