How To Put Up Plastic Rain Gutters

Gutter sections for gutter run you measured.

How to put up plastic rain gutters.

Hold the handle with your dominant hand and keep your index finger parallel to the top pointing toward the cutting direction for support. Mark the point to be cut on the gutters with an erasable marker. Snap the end of the gutter into the near side of the gutter connector. Move to the next bracket and do the same.

Snap a gutter end cap to the first 10 foot length of gutter. Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter. Lay a second length of gutter across the next set of gutter brackets. Then hold a second elbow against the corner of the house in line with the first elbow.

Starting with the first bracket snap the gutter into it. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section. Snap the sections together. Cut the gutters to size with a hacksaw and heavy duty tin snips.

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. 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.