Cutting Installing Gutter

Gutters over flows add downspout to bring water down from roof faster.

Cutting installing gutter.

Steps for how to cut gutters set up a work table. Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter. Finally insert the filling into the hole and fasten it with short screws. Proceed to cut down along the side of the aluminum gutter repeat the process to cut down along the other side of the aluminum gutter.

Its easy less than 30 minutes and under 30 00 in parts. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section. Move the carpenter s.

Secure it with eight pop rivets or sheet metal screws. Just cut the downspout at a 45 degree angle with a tin snips or metal cutting blade and fasten the two piece zip hinge sold at home centers or online with eight sheet metal screws. Watch and learn how and stop. Cut a starter hole in the gutter with a chisel drill or sabre saw and nibble out the finished opening with tin snips.

Measure the length that you need to cut and make a pencil mark on the bottom of the gutter. Use the flange to mark the screwhole locations and bore 1 8 in holes through the gutter. The hinges come in white only so you might have to spray paint them to match. Snap the sections together.

Pull the tape measure along the length of metal gutter and mark the length you need to cut the gutter with the. Laying your gutter on the workbench measure off the amount of gutter you want to cut and mark it with a pencil. Form strip miter joint at corner cover the joint between two lengths of gutter at each corner with a strip miter a 3 inch wide strip of aluminum. How to cut metal gutters step 1.

Wrap the aluminum strip tight around the underside of the gutter. Use the old adage measure twice and cut once then turn the gutter upside down on the table and mark it all the way around. Use a carpenter s square to get around to the bottom. Flip a section of aluminum gutter upside down and set it on the table.

Use the edge of the combination square to extend the pencil mark around both sides of.