I Got Cut On Hand From Gutter

It is an old house with a tin roof on top of a shingled roof.

I got cut on hand from gutter.

Extend the cut mark around the aluminum gutter by aligning the blade of the combination square with the length mark you placed on the bottom surface of the aluminum gutter and running the carpenter s pencil along the edge of the combination square blade. The gutter was full of broken pieces of shingles so i got the shop vac. Use a carpenter s square to get around to the bottom. Buy a box miter and cut the back and bottom off of a short piece of ogee gutter what ever size you re going to be working with.

Let go of the trigger when through and then pull the saw back up to its starting position. Cut a four inch long notch to overlap and splice together gutter sections. Grab one side of the gutter and lower the saw slowly to the gutter. Laying your gutter on the workbench measure off the amount of gutter you want to cut and mark it with a pencil.

I ve got templates that i made years ago that i lay on the face of the ogee to mark the gutter with. If you have difficulty cutting with the tin snips make another cut 1 to 2 inches away from the cut line with the alternate hand snip. Clean and mark the gutter to make your cut for the outlet. Plug in the saw and squeeze the trigger button.

I cut the edge of the metal roof to expose the gutter. Cut all the way through at a consistent speed. Repeat the process for additional cuts. If i put my hand on it and hold it no shock but if i just touch it i get shocked only once but it happens every time i barely.

Cut along the pencil cut line with a pair of aviation snips. Use the old adage measure twice and cut once then turn the gutter upside down on the table and mark it all the way around. If the section of the gutter you are discarding is on your left use the right hand tin snips and vice versa if the discarded section is on right. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section with an inside or outside corner piece.

I had originally planned to use a jigsaw but there wasn t room to maneuver it so i used a hand. Out and started to clean the gutters out and got a pretty good electric shock.