How To Make Gutter Holes

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How to make gutter holes.

Screw the guttering lengths to the fence or wall. From this line measure 2 inches 51 mm and draw a second line parallel to the first. If the patch isn t already small enough to lay flat against the inside of the gutter and over the hole cut it down to size with your metal snips. On the bottom of the gutter itself take a pencil or marker and trace the outline of a sleeve.

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Use tin snips to cut out the rectangle. Thread the unknotted end of the rope through one of the holes in the bottom of the left gutter section and then out the hole in the side. This is the thing that connects the gutter and downspout together so it is important that it is placed correctly and securely. Repeat threading up through the bottom hole and out through the side hole on the next two left gutter sections.

Drill holes through the guttering and align these with the fence or wall and drill holes in the exact same positions. Then add the screws to keep the guttering firmly in place. These two lines are fold lines as seen in photo 4. Attach the guttering to the chosen spot.

In each corner of the outline you made of the sleeve drill one hole.