Installing A Gutter Downpipe

Measure in 4 inches from the end corner of.

Installing a gutter downpipe.

Cut a starter hole in the gutter with a chisel drill or sabre saw and nibble out the finished opening with tin snips. Measure from the corner of your home to the center of the downspout. Attaching the downspout outlet and caps 1. How to add a downspout in an existing gutter step 1.

Fit the rest of the downpipes using a pipe socket to connect each pipe together. Newly installed gutting and downpipe. Fix the first length of downpipe with its socket uppermost into the outlet fixing it to the wall with a pipe clip at the top holding the pipe to the wall. Fit the gutter in place which normally just clips in with the appropriate stop ends connectors and gutter outlet for the downpipe.

Remove the outlet hole using offset tin snips. Cut it to length with a hacksaw and removing any burrs with a half round file. Step by step step 1. Simple installation stratco fascia is easy to install.

Use a pencil to mark the positioning of the outlet and its fixing holes onto the fascia ensuring that it is no. At the base of the pipe fit a shoe secured with a pipe clip. Drill a hole in the bottom of the gutter at the 4 inch mark with a 1 inch hole saw attachment to the drill. Choose green snips if you re cutting clockwise and red tin snips if.

Place a step ladder under the area you are installing the downspout. Use the flange to mark the screwhole locations and bore 1 8 in holes through the gutter. Specially designed fascia brackets attach to the rafters then the stratco steel fascia is simply clipped into place. Drill pilot holes then fit the.

To establish the position of the running outlet or stopend outlet hang a plumb bob from the fascia so that it. Stratco gutters can then be installed using the stratco gutter suspension clip which attaches the gutter to the fascia. Attach the outlet.