How To Install Gutters On A Flat Roof

Flat roof edging and gutters.

How to install gutters on a flat roof.

2 choose an appropriate design. Gutters are often installed level for appearance. During winter gutters can get full of ice if it is not cleaned out before cold sets in. With help lift the gutter in place and secure the corner first screwing the bracket into the roof s fascia.

Gutters are often a viable option for flat roofs directing water on the outside of the structure to downspouts. Secure the rest of the hangers with 2 in galvanized nails or screws. Lay the gutter into the brackets that you ve lag screwed to the fascia. Gutters can also be installed to work in tandem with a scupper system.

Secure the gutters to the fascia brackets using machine screws. For self assembly the easiest way is to use a suspended type of structure which provides for fastening the gutter to special hooks located along the eaves. Rotate the gutter upward until its back edge slips into the hooks at the top of the back of the brackets as shown. Afterward insert a 1 inch 2 5 cm 8 32 stainless steel machine screw through the hole and cap it with a flanged nut to secure the gutter to the bracket.

While it makese sense to slightly slope the gutter toward the downspout about 1 4 in. Install gutter photo by mary beth montgomery. Through the screw mounting hole in each bracket drill a 3 16 inch diameter hole in the front edge of the. In reality a flat roof isn t fully level and flat roofs built for gutters should direct water to one or more sides where the gutters are installed.

House flipping brothers dave and rich show how to install gutters on a house. Flat roofs should be pitched or sloped towards gutters for positive water flow even when they are we often see that the edge of the roof is slightly higher due to a tar build up from repeated repairs preventing water from flowing into the gutter. If a flat roof is well constructed rainwater will be able to drain quickly without. They are currently renovating a large lake house that required all new gutters.

Use an electric drill to create a 3 16 inch 0 48 cm diameter hole into the front side of the gutter. This option is preferable since wall gutters that are used on seam roofs are the task of professionals who cover the roof of the house.