How To Attach Downspouts To Gutters

Finish the gutter job by attaching the downspouts to the wall.

How to attach downspouts to gutters.

Both the connector and the gutter should not have any water on them. Apply sealant around the mouth of the connector and raise it to the gutter. How to attach gutter downspouts to the wall. Locate where you want to place your new downspout.

Screw a downspout elbow to the outlet tube protruding down from the gutter. If you can t find u shaped brackets make them from sections of downspout. Secure the downspout outlet to the gutter with four pop rivets or screws. Measure from the gutter to the wall of the house and then from the gutter to the ground.

Drive screws through the brackets into the assembled. Step 3 attach the downspout to the gutter. Be sure that the tapered end of the downspout is facing the appropriate direction for drainage. Gutter networks that surround a home s roof line divert rainfall away from the structure s foundation and into a nearby drain or sewer system.

Attach the downspout to the brackets. Screw the downspout into the gutter outlet that extends downward from the gutter. They look better than the bands that wrap around the outside and make it easier to hang the downspouts. If your gutters overflow regularly during heavy rains you may want to consider adding an extra downspout.

With a flexible downspout extension you can redirect rainwater around bushes and cement to have it flow into your garden to a flowerbed or just away from your house. Using 6 rivet screws screw the connector to the gutter. You can add a downspout to your gutters with little difficulty. Hold another elbow against the house and cut a piece of downspout to fit between the two elbows.

Attach the downspout to the gutters via the downspout outlet.