How To Make Rain Gutters Look New

Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter.

How to make rain gutters look new.

If you have sagging gutters or they aren t properly sloped check the brackets that attach the gutter to your home. Next we will make supporting straps for the rain gutter. This is the most common type for homes built within the past 50 years though many owners of older homes still. As seen in photo 1 take an aluminum panel short ones are great for the straps and with the marker layout a rectangle 4 inches 102 mm wide and 20 inches 508 mm long as seen in photo 2.

Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section. You may need a screwdriver to tighten them which may help get the gutters back into alignment. If they are bent out of shape carefully apply pressure to bend them back. Screwing your new gutter into place i used steel screws and went directly into the back inside of the pipe and into the end rafters of my house.

I could tell where they were by finding the nail heads on the outside fascia board. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder. Rain gutter spikes or screws should be at least seven inches long and eight is even better. Snap the sections together.

This procedure is very similar to the one used in making the rain gutter.