Placement Of Gutters

Downspouts should not discharge where water may pool close to the house and foundation.

Placement of gutters.

This old house general contractor tom silva shows how to install an efficient rain handling gutter system. Snap layout lines photo by mary beth montgomery mark the highest point of the gutter run on the fascia 1 inches. Snap the sections together. Slope calculation this is a critical aspect in any rain gutter installation.

Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter. Make sure the gutter will be positioned so the drip edge of the bottom row of shingles flows into the midpoint of the gutter. Subscribe to this old house. The incline should be approximately one inch for every sixteen feet.

Attach fascia brackets photo by mary beth montgomery locate the rafter tails behind the fascia. As a general rule at least one downspout should be placed per every 40 linear feet of gutter. If the downspouts do not allow water to flow out of the gutter system freely and do not channel the water away from the home then the house could be susceptible to issues such as roof rot foundation damage and landscape erosion. How to install gutters in 8 steps 1.

Gutter placement people usually think that gutters should be. Gutters are mounted with metal hangers or vinyl brackets that are fastened to the fascia with wood screws. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder. Proper placement of gutter downspouts is one of the most important components of ensuring a gutter system is effective.

Positioning and placement of gutter the highest tip of the guttering should gently slope downwards to end at the downspout. Saw gutter to. When you look at a rain gutter system from. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section.