How To Put Up Plastic Rain Gutters

Snap the sections together.

How to put up plastic rain gutters.

Snap a gutter end cap to the first 10 foot length of gutter. More diy home improvement projects. Things you ll need extension ladder that reaches at least 3 feet 0 9 m above the edge of your roof tape measure chalk line powered screwdriver or cordless drill 1 25 inch deck screws hacksaw or reciprocating saw vinyl gutter kit or the following items. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder.

Cut the gutters to size with a hacksaw and heavy duty tin snips. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section. Gutter sections for gutter run you measured. Use the other hand to hold the frame at the top by the wingnut.

Then hold a second elbow against the corner of the house in line with the first elbow. Hold the handle with your dominant hand and keep your index finger parallel to the top pointing toward the cutting direction for support. Start by pushing the female end of a downspout elbow onto the first outlet fitting. Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter.

Rest the gutter on top of the brackets. All that remains now is to install the downspouts and downspout extensions. Lay a second length of gutter across the next set of gutter brackets. Mark the point to be cut on the gutters with an erasable marker.