How To Put Gutters On A Pergola

You need a way to secure it and if you live in a snowy climate a way to easily remove it for the winter.

How to put gutters on a pergola.

House flipping brothers dave and rich show how to install gutters on a house. They are currently renovating a large lake house that required all new gutters. A visual guide from softwoods timberyards showing you the steps to install gutters and downpipes to a gable roof pergola. They say there s no point in taking off our gutters when they re virtually new and there s nothing wrong with them.

Of course you can t just throw a piece of cloth over the pergola. In order to attach the purlin on top of the header we had to screw up from the header of the pergola into the purlin. Things you will need tape measure 1 2 inch pvc pipe hacksaw power drill abu66 post base lag screws galvanized bolts washers nuts wrench. This video from bunnings warehouse will show you how to put up a sturdy pergola from digging the holes to framing the structure and installing the rafters.

If you require any further instruct. We did this by pre drilling a pilot hole at an angle then securing the purlin with a screw. I added a screw on each side of every cross beam. Attaching angled blocks will keep your guttering parallel to the ground instead of dipping toward or away from the shed.

Also they suggest it would be easier to get the builder to fix any water gutter problems with the house if they don t touch the gutters when they install the pergola. Then drill pilot holes in the blocks and attach them to the fascia with 25 mm 1 inch wood screws. The new pergola will have it s own gutter sitting adjacent.