How To Attach Downspouts To Gutters

Apply sealant again on the connector on the outside after that to ensure no leakage occurs.

How to attach downspouts to gutters.

How to attach gutter downspouts to the wall. Secure the downspout outlet to the gutter with four pop rivets or screws. If you can t find u shaped brackets make them from sections of downspout. 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.

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. Attach the downspout to the gutters via the downspout outlet. Using 6 rivet screws screw the connector to the gutter. Screw a downspout elbow to the outlet tube protruding down from the gutter.

Step 3 attach the downspout to the gutter. Apply sealant around the mouth of the connector and raise it to the gutter. Drive screws through the brackets into the assembled. Attach the downspout to the brackets.

Be sure that the tapered end of the downspout is facing the appropriate direction for drainage. Gutter networks that surround a home s roof line divert rainfall away from the structure s foundation and into a nearby drain or sewer system. Locate where you want to place your new downspout. If your gutters overflow regularly during heavy rains you may want to consider adding an extra downspout.

Hold another elbow against the house and cut a piece of downspout to fit between the two elbows. Measure from the gutter to the wall of the house and then from the gutter to the ground. Both the connector and the gutter should not have any water on them. Screw the downspout into the gutter outlet that extends downward from the gutter.

Finish the gutter job by attaching the downspouts to the wall.