Work wrinkles and bubbles flat.
Run gutters in middle of wall.
Mark that point with a pencil.
You want at least a quarter inch of slope for every 10 feet.
Cut the tape with a scissors or a razor knife photo 2.
All gutters need to be sloped downward directing water towards the downspouts to ensure that any water runs down to the ground and doesn t sit and pool in your gutters.
Drill rivet holes for the gutter splash guard.
You can find these precut gutter splash guards about 3 in brown and white aluminum at a home center but you could easily make your own out of aluminum or sheet metal and spray paint them to match your gutters.
If there s standing water it s not pitched properly.
Gutters can be installed in sizes even larger than 6 inch oversized gutters.
And end seams by 4 in.
A clean gutter is a happy gutter.
If there are upper gutters that drain into lower gutters we recommend upgrading the lower gutters to 6 to handle the increased volume of water.
Tear the paper backing off the tape and lightly adhere one edge of the tape to the top of the gutter.
Stretch a mason s line from the nail.
Fasten the downspouts snugly against the wall with two flexible aluminum downspout bands per 10 foot section using nails or screws.
A long gutter run say 40 feet can have a downspout at each end.
Drive a nail into the fascia at one end of the gutter run wall inch below the top of the fascia.
Clean out your gutters and downspouts.
Gutters need to be pitched toward the downspouts for the water to flow properly.
If the gutter is tilting away from your house it could be causing an overflow particularly during heavy storms.
If the gutter is over 40 feet long and can only accommodate 1 downspout.
Holes through the splash guard and the gutter.
To correct this yourself you ll need to measure from the peak to the downspout.
A good rule of thumb is to slope your gutters about 1 inch for every 10ft of horizontal run.
2 your gutters aren t positioned correctly.
Then take a water hose and run water through your gutters to make sure it comes out of your downspouts.
Sloping your gutters and mounting downspouts.
A little temporary duct tape helps to keep the downspout stationary while fastening.
Overlap long seams by at least 1 in.
Roll the tape down the wall of the gutter pushing it firmly into curves and corners photo 3.
Finally attach a front or side elbow at the downspout s bottom to direct water away from the building foundation.
Are there even larger size gutters.
If your gutters run longer than 40ft it will be beneficial to slope the gutter in each direction from the middle of the gutter.
To properly align the slope using a line level on the mason s line drop one end of the line a inch for each 25 feet of fascia length.
Get on a ladder after a rainstorm and look in the gutter.
The middle of the run will be 1 inch higher than the ends with the water flowing toward the downspouts in opposite directions.
