How To Put Up Plastic Rain Gutters

It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder.

How to put up plastic rain gutters. 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. Move to the next bracket and do the same. Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter.

Gutter sections for gutter run you measured. Snap the end of the gutter into the near side of the gutter connector. Use the other hand to hold the frame at the top by the wingnut. All that remains now is to install the downspouts and downspout extensions.

Hold the handle with your dominant hand and keep your index finger parallel to the top pointing toward the cutting direction for support. Snap the sections together. Start by pushing the female end of a downspout elbow onto the first outlet fitting. Starting with the first bracket snap the gutter into it.

Snap a gutter end cap to the first 10 foot length of gutter. Lay a second length of gutter across the next set of gutter brackets. 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. Rest the gutter on top of the brackets.