How to Install Gutters

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Hi Ron;

My next door neighbor and I installed the first ten feet and water tested the installation;however, the water flows over the gutter. We need to move it out about

two inches. Can you give me some idea as to how we can do this. I know that we have to remove the installation and re-do it so that it works correctly Thanks for your help.

kurt

Feb 24, at 3:18pm

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Hey Ron you are amazing this site is so helpful the only thing I think you missing here is the inside corner installation, I know what are you going to say beside this comment " there is a lot of lazy people out there" but to make you videos better it will be there.

Juan

Juan Melo

Jan 14, at 7:45pm

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Hi Robert,

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Emily Lyman
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Emily Lyman

Nov 20, at 11:13pm

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My home was built in 1900 and the face that the gutters need to be secured to is at an angle and the shingles extend past where the gutter would catch the rain. Help?

Robert

Oct 30, at 1:24pm

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My buddy didn't show up to help me with this project today so I came here. Thanks Ron!

Harvey Klee

Oct 29, at 5:53pm

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Hi Gerry,

Without being on site to assess the leak it would be difficult to give you an exact answer as to why its leaking. Here is an article that I feel would be helpful in answering your question: http://bit.ly/QCrvZw

Emily Lyman
Ron Hazelton Team

Emily Lyman

Oct 2, at 6:44pm

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Hi Shirley,

Here is some information about choosing gutters for a metal roof. http://bit.ly/SYO93B

Emily Lyman
Ron Hazelton Team

Emily Lyman

Oct 2, at 6:38pm

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I have new gutters on my house, they are seamless. The problem I am having is that the rains is going between the gutters and the trim board.

Gerry Levasseur

Jun 23, at 6:11am

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Your videos were very helpful in teaching me the basics about installing gutters and downspouts. They are concise and easy to follow. I had a blocked downspout where the water was spraying out one side of the downspout near the gutter. When I took off the downspout I discovered that not only was it blocked with pine needles but that a 3" x 4 1/2" piece of the downspout was connected to a 2" x 3" hole cut in the gutter. A sealant had kept the piece connected for several years - a gift left by a company that enclosed my patio and reinstalled the guttering. Now through your videos I can correct this problem either by cutting a hole to fit the downspout or see if there are elbow pieces with a 2" x 3" at one end and a 3" by 4" at the other.

Jan

May 14, at 7:04am

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I have a medal roof which ends flush to the fascia (sp) board. How and can I install gutters???

Shirley

Apr 30, at 10:35pm

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Is a down spout from the second floor roof supposed to be emptying onto the middle of the first floor roof ?

nadia frangos

Jan 23, at 7:08pm

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Great video. Should the drip line be in the middle of the gutter? Thanks

Sammie W. Mize

Jan 9, at 2:15pm

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I've priced the gutter at home improvement stores and if you are putting up more than just a 10'-30' straight section, you'd be better off having a professional install seamless gutters. I've been installing gutters for over 20 years professionally and I've been paid many times to remove and dispose of seamed gutter systems. A professional installer would have only four seams to seal on this entire project. The two corners and the two end caps. The two corners, on gutters installed this way, had six seals and that doesn't even count the seals every 10 feet. Also, a professional installer would have offset elbows to prevent the need to have wood blocks behind the downspout. Save yourself time, money and frustration. Have your gutters installed by a professional. My estimate professionally installed $199 for this job.

Dave

Jan 1, at 3:39pm

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...why would you screw the downspout adapter from the inside of the gutter, instead of from the outside...this way you would not have screw threads visible from the outside of the gutter (I use pop rivets myself)

robert kimmerle

Dec 4, at 2:05am

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Outstanding video and superb instructions! Thanks to this site, my daughter and I were able to replace a 10' section of gutter that had fallen down due to a heavy snow storm we had a few years ago in northern Arizona (65" in Jan. '09). We installed new brackets every 16", lining them up with the trusses. For the sealer, we used Solar Seal 900. Thank goodness for 2 extension ladders and neither of us are afraid of heights. Thanks again for this step by step instructional video. You saved us a bundle of money & our gutters are just like new again. :)

Laura

Nov 20, at 9:47pm

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Could you come to Indiana before the snow come and install me some better gutters?? I'm willing to help you so I can learn?? THank You!!

M Alicea

Oct 15, at 6:24am

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Great video,,this is by far the best I have seen,easy to follow(even for me) and wonderful detailed explaination. Thank you

Shane Ali

Oct 13, at 2:44am

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When attaching the gutters to the eaves (Step 7), should the hangers/brackets be screwed through the roofing drip edge or just under the drip edge? I am told that through the drip edge is preferred as it better prevents water from getting behind the gutters, but that doesn't seem right to me.

K. Bobick

Oct 7, at 5:23pm

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Great video! I found it to be very helpful. Thank You!

Scott

Oct 4, at 11:55am

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Much more helpful than other videos. More detail, more closeup shots.

Howard Young

Oct 2, at 4:43pm

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Hi how far from the drip edge should the gutter be ?

H Brooks

Sep 10, at 7:17am

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what is the name of the tool used to cut holes in the aluminum? HELP ME!!!, I need to know what to ask for when i walk into home depot or my neighborhood ace store

kory james

Aug 29, at 1:58pm

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are the edges suppose to connect, like on the corners, I saw they wernt on the video??????HELP, i need to know

kory james

Aug 29, at 1:57pm

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More of a question: Wonderful video....great detail .... Unfortunately we bought a new/different style of eves-trough and the joints "between the 10ft straight sections" are not sealing properly and leak (especially not cool when its cold- ice volcanoes on the sidewalk)....we have tried to seal with 3 different types of sealant a few times and still no luck ....fear we will have to tear out new (er) gutters and bring in the professional single piece eves.

Janice

Aug 25, at 2:48am

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Much more helpful than other videos. More detail, more closeup shots.

t kane

Aug 3, at 4:23pm

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