Installing A Gutter Downpipe

Newly installed gutting and downpipe.

Installing a gutter downpipe.

Specially designed fascia brackets attach to the rafters then the stratco steel fascia is simply clipped into place. You can double check the fall with your spirit level. Simple installation stratco fascia is easy to install. Drill pilot holes then fit the.

Use a pencil to mark the positioning of the outlet and its fixing holes onto the fascia ensuring that it is no. Place a step ladder under the area you are installing the downspout. Cut it to length with a hacksaw and removing any burrs with a half round file. Fit the gutter in place which normally just clips in with the appropriate stop ends connectors and gutter outlet for the downpipe.

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. To establish the position of the running outlet or stopend outlet hang a plumb bob from the fascia so that it.

Mark the location of the downspout outlet. Finally insert the filling into the hole and fasten it with short screws. Use the flange to mark the screwhole locations and bore 1 8 in holes through the gutter. Cut a starter hole in the gutter with a chisel drill or sabre saw and nibble out the finished opening with tin snips.

Attach the outlet. 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. Stratco gutters can then be installed using the stratco gutter suspension clip which attaches the gutter to the fascia. Choose green snips if you re cutting clockwise and red tin snips if.

Remove the outlet hole using offset tin snips. Step by step step 1. Drill a hole in the bottom of the gutter at the 4 inch mark with a 1 inch hole saw attachment to the drill.