How To Install Vinyal Rain Gutters

Then measure and cut a hole for the downspout.

How to install vinyal rain gutters.

Use a crimping tool to tighten the caps into place. Combine this measurement with your layout to determine the specific pieces you will need for your job. Attach a gutter connector to the fascia with screws every 10 feet. Screw it to the fascia board.

Start at the end of the gutter away from the downspout location and measure down 1 2 inch or the distance recommended by your gutter manufacturer and make a mark. Use a plastic slip joint at the end of every 10 foot length connecting the gutter sections for each section with connectors. You ll also need enough fascia brackets which hold up the gutter to place one every 32 inches along the roof. Attach a drop outlet at the far end of the roof line.

To install rain gutters first you ll need to measure the length of the roof you re working with and then purchase that many feet of gutter material from a home improvement store. Vinyl gutters generally come in 10 foot sections. Hang the gutter sections. Attach the first gutter hanging bracket 4 inches in from the original end of the roof line.

More diy home improvement projects. Add a bracket every 20 to 24 inches. A gutter connector marries two sections of gutter.