How To Attach Gutters To Vinyl Siding

Whether you have just added siding to your home or you are replacing your existing gutters you need to hang the downspouts correctly.

How to attach gutters to vinyl siding.

Remove any siding or exterior finish that isn t compatible with vinyl siding and make sure the walls are sheathed with a substrate to receive the siding. This invention relates to a method of attaching various gutter downspouts to vinyl siding on a building wall. Utility knife score panel with knife then bend the vinyl back and forth until it snaps cleanly on the scored line. Description of prior art.

There are at least three alternative ways to do it. This is the method used by all gutter installers. Power saw bench or radial arm saw use a fine tooth blade with slow cutting movements. Fascia board is the flat horizontal board along the edge of a roof.

Reverse the blade in the saw for extra smooth cutting through the vinyl and to. Fastening a downspout to vinyl siding does not require anchors. The fascia is nailed to the ends of the roof rafters and is used to attach a gutter to the roof. If you want to hang something from your vinyl siding don t even think about drilling through it to attach a hook to the sheathing.

Aluminum downspouts direct water collected by gutters away from the house and towards the ground. The common practice of attaching downspouts to vinyl siding is to wrap a metal or plastic strap around the downspout and nail or screw through the vinyl siding. This renders the siding vulnerable to moisture and voids the warranty even if you seal the hole. All vinyl siding and vinyl soffit and fascia can be cut with tin snips a circular saw with a plywood blade or by scoring it with a knife and breaking it.

Installing vinyl fascia trim. 1 2 inch 1 3 cm plywood or osb are common substrates and these are generally covered with roofing felt or another moisture barrier prior to siding the walls. How to fasten a downspout to vinyl siding. Aviation and tin snip start cutting at the top interlock and continue toward the bottom of the panel.