How To Install Gutters On A Flat Roof

Install gutter photo by mary beth montgomery.

How to install gutters on a flat roof.

Secure the rest of the hangers with 2 in galvanized nails or screws. They are currently renovating a large lake house that required all new gutters. 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.

Gutters are often installed level for appearance. Secure the gutters to the fascia brackets using machine screws. How to install gutters on a flat roof 1 ensure there is proper drainage. A flat roof drainage system can include gutters downspouts and scuppers openings.

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. 2 choose an appropriate design. Use an electric drill to create a 3 16 inch 0 48 cm diameter hole into the front side of the gutter.

If a flat roof is well constructed rainwater will be able to drain quickly without. Through the screw mounting hole in each bracket drill a 3 16 inch diameter hole in the front edge of the. Rotate the gutter upward until its back edge slips into the hooks at the top of the back of the brackets as shown. 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.

While it makese sense to slightly slope the gutter toward the downspout about 1 4 in. Gutters can also be installed to work in tandem with a scupper system. During winter gutters can get full of ice if it is not cleaned out before cold sets in. 3 select the best.

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. Lay the gutter into the brackets that you ve lag screwed to the fascia.