How To Attach Gutter Corners

Start by drilling a 1 8 in.

How to attach gutter corners.

Tools products mentio. Now drill the remaining holes and install the rivets. Tear the paper backing off the tape and lightly adhere one edge of the tape to the top of the gutter. Use a pop blind rivet tool to install new color matching rivets.

Join the gutter to the corner with six rivets in the locations shown. How to cut and assemble an inside gutter miter. To keep water from leaking through small cracks or openings at conjoined corners insulate the aluminum strip further using waterproof caulk. This aluminum strip can be spray painted ahead of time to blend in seamlessly with the color of the gutter.

Secure it with eight pop rivets or sheet metal screws. Https amzn to 35z3wbl questions or comments post them below. How to cut and assemble an inside gutter miter. Wrap a thin aluminum strip around the underside of each gutter corner riveting it into place.

Overlap long seams by at least 1 in. Cover the joint between two lengths of gutter at each corner with a strip miter a 3 inch wide strip of aluminum. Work wrinkles and bubbles flat. Rivets at the front of the gutter and installing the first rivet with the rivet gun.

Roll the tape down the wall of the gutter pushing it firmly into curves and corners photo 3. And end seams by 4 in. Wrap the aluminum strip tight around the underside of the gutter. Install the next length of gutter and fasten it in place with hidden brackets and then rivet the splice connections.

Extreme miter 5 inch aluminum inside gutter corner. Position the new corner and drill holes for the pop blind rivets. Cut the tape with a scissors or a razor knife photo 2. When drilling try to use the same holes from the old gutter corner.

Where the gutter wraps around an outside corner first attach splice fittings to the corner piece with rivets connect one splice to the preceding length of gutter apron.