Cutting Installing Gutter

Pull the tape measure along the length of metal gutter and mark the length you need to cut the gutter with the.

Cutting installing gutter.

Its easy less than 30 minutes and under 30 00 in parts. Steps for how to cut gutters set up a work table. Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter. Cut along the marked line you placed on the aluminum gutter starting at the flange turning inward toward the opening of the aluminum gutter.

Measure the length that you need to cut and make a pencil mark on the bottom of the gutter. Flip a section of aluminum gutter upside down and set it on the table. Secure it with eight pop rivets or sheet metal screws. Watch and learn how and stop.

Cut a triangular section from. Use a carpenter s square to get around to the bottom. Finally insert the filling into the hole and fasten it with short screws. 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. Laying your gutter on the workbench measure off the amount of gutter you want to cut and mark it with a pencil. Use the edge of the combination square to extend the pencil mark around both sides of. Cut a starter hole in the gutter with a chisel drill or sabre saw and nibble out the finished opening with tin snips.

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. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section. Snap the sections together. Wrap the aluminum strip tight around the underside of the gutter.

Move the carpenter s. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder. Rest the base of the carpenter s square against the top edge of the metal gutter and align the blade of the. Gutters over flows add downspout to bring water down from roof faster.

The hinges come in white only so you might have to spray paint them to match.