How To Put A Downspout On A Gutter

Hold another elbow against the house and cut a piece of downspout to fit between the two elbows.

How to put a downspout on a gutter.

Gutters over flows add downspout to bring water down from roof faster. As with gutters a downspout s capacity must match or exceed the expected runoff. Screw a downspout elbow to the outlet tube protruding down from the gutter. Assemble the straight piece into house elbow and secure with one sheet metal screw to the front and back side of the elbow.

A little slope is all you need the number and size of downspouts determine how fast your gutters will empty. The above recommendations assume that you have properly sized downspouts every 40 feet. For every 10 feet of. It is important that the downspout is of the correct length to catch rainwater.

Press a downspout adapter into a 3x4 inch reducer coupling and slip it onto the bottom end of the downspout. If you bought a flexible downspout extension chances are you re trying to redirect rainwater from making a puddle at the base of your foundation. Slide the other end of the straight piece into the gutter elbow and secure with two sheet metal screws. Sloping them helps eliminate standing water that can cause corrosion and leak through the seams.

The purpose of the rain gutter downspout is to redirect water from the rain gutter into proper drainage. Increasing the pitch increases a gutter s handling capacity but the gutter may look askew over a long run. Place a 90 degree elbow in the trench directly below the coupling and measure the distance between the two fittings. Cut a piece of straight downspout with a hacksaw according to your measurement.

Attach the downspout to the gutters via the downspout outlet. Reduce reuse recycle has been a mantra of those looking to be environmentally aware since the 1970s. Installing a downspout is probably the last item that a person will do when installing a rain gutter. Secure the downspout outlet to the gutter with four pop rivets or screws.

Its easy less than 30 minutes and under 30 00 in parts. Slope each house gutter run down toward the downspout about 1 4 in. Watch and learn how and stop. With a flexible downspout extension you can redirect rainwater around bushes and cement to have it flow into your garden to a flowerbed or just away from your house.

The standard is about inch per 10 feet. Screw the downspout into the gutter outlet that extends downward from the gutter. Use needlenosed pliers to slightly crimp the elbow to fit into the downspout as shown.