How To Attach Gutter Downspout To House

Place other stakes spaced 8 feet apart in between.

How to attach gutter downspout to house.

Downspout extensions will help your downspouts direct water to a specific place away from your home s foundation. Pound in two stakes 4 feet from the house and directly in front of each downspout. Gutters over flows add downspout to bring water down from roof faster. Attach downspout straps to the house every 10 feet.

Rain gutters play an essential role in collecting roof runoff during a storm. If that water isn t carried far enough away from the house you risk damage to your foundation or basement. Use a string and 1x2 stakes to lay out the trench. Tie the string to the downspout then stretch it out and around all the stakes.

Secure the downspout outlet to the gutter with four pop rivets or screws. One way to make sure your gutter doesn t fall off the house is to install fascia hanger brackets. Place a u shaped bracket or clincher around the downspout at the first marked area. Drive screws through the brackets into the assembled downspout.

Watch and learn how and stop. Seams between the elbow the gutter and the downspout are typically sealed with caulk containing an aluminum sealant. Screw a downspout elbow to the outlet tube protruding down from the gutter. Guttering elbows generally attach directly to the underside of the gutter with a screw and again at the downspout with another screw.

Its easy less than 30 minutes and under 30 00 in parts. Bend the strap around the downspout and secure the strap to the downspout with a sheet metal screw. Attach the downspout to the brackets. While it makese sense to slightly slope the gutter toward the downspout about 1 4 in.

If you can t find u shaped brackets make them from sections of downspout. This bracket should wrap around the outside of the downspout and have two arms that press against the wall s. Finish the gutter job by attaching the downspouts to the wall. Gutters are often installed level for appearance.

Mark the trench line. With help lift the gutter in place and secure the corner first screwing the bracket into the roof s fascia. And a level gutter is the obvious answer when there s a downspout at both ends such as on our hip roof. Secure the rest of the hangers with 2 in galvanized nails or screws.

Just hook the bracket under the front lip of the gutter and then screw the other side of the bracket to the fascia. Place the first strap 2 feet from ground level and secure the strap to the house behind the down spout with one screw. Cut off excess strap with a pair of sheet metal cutters. Hold another elbow against the house and cut a piece of downspout to fit between the two elbows.