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HOME Courtesy of Home Hardware TIIFHEHAIU July 1978 Page Installation of Gutters and Downspouts Here ate tips and instructions on how to put up gullets and downspauts Take time to read oughly Following these instructions save t me and Effort It can also help yog end up neater more satisfactory installs on far less COMPONENT PARTS OF GUTTERS AND DOWNSPOUTS Gutters and downspouts are made up of many different parts and pieces Fig illustrates of the basic parts used in a gutter and daw spout installation I The basic gutter p Fig gutter peccs Fig I are usually of fered in standard lengths They a usually made of aluminum or go Wan zed metal s the basic gutter material that will make up most of a gutter and downspout installation Frg Fascia Bracket End Piece Conductor Band Clincher The strap hanger Fig is attached under the or other roof material and then attach d to the outside edge of the gutter to support for the run of gutter The end piece F g is available both with an outlet for tie downspout or lor simply ending off a gutter run An end with a downspout outlet is often ted in a run where a down spout is needed The end cop Fig is tapped onto the end to end run of guttering End caps are ava for left r hand use They are soldered place or sealed mast c Some styles require nuttier solder nor mastic The downspout Fig take the water out of he gutter down to the dra pipe or splash block on the ground It is attached to the gutter at the outlet n the end p Fig 1 The CO due or p pe band or is a strap used to hold the downspout in place It is led screwed to the wood or will to hold the spout rely wherever necessary These are styles and types Gall strainers IF are sometimes is iincij for the outlet to the downspout in tlK end piece are not neces but do serve to prevent leaves and other from clogging the downspout or p pes In ore cases strip Mangos are the wrap type IF The style of strip hanger is a natter of ce or design in functional The strap hangers shown in Fig 1 bulky Spikes and ferrules F g 1 are used to hold the gutter to the wall the house The rule s inserted inside the gutter Fig and tie driven through the rim of the gutter and thiou the ferrule hold the gutter place The slip connector Fig 1 s used where becomes necessary to connect two tees gut in the gutter run The s soiled w mastic or soldered to prevent Sorm brands of downspouts and gutters no mas tie or solder They are made to si ugly to gether without a leak Square Shoe Ball Strainer Wrap Around Strap Hanger Inside Mitre Piece Needed Description GUTTER comes in 10 length SLIP JOINT CONNECTOR used to connect jo gutter END CftPS WITH OUTLET used at ends of gutter runs END PIECE WITH OUTLET used where downspout connects ELBOWSTYLE for divert rig down pout in or out from wall CONNECTOR PIPE OR CLINCHER used to hold downspout securely to wall Amount Needed Fli Roofing Spike Ferrule 5a Molding Rafter I Cat Gutter li Molding 1x10 Fascia- If Plywood How to attach fitter to fjscn of house of the house Fif pikes strap lunger and bnckels Insert an end piece where a spout i usually located at thi ding downspouts are often gutter run used space thorn run Use the same gutter with plain and Fig both serve the same basic purpose- holding the gutter in place When it becomes necessity to make an inside turn in a gutter an inside Fig 2 is used Outside turns guttering system in made by ng an outside m as llustrated in Fig Use mastic or solder for sealing the pint where either inside or outside mitres are jo nod to the gutter Some designs of downspouts and elbows are round instead of square It sometimes becomes necessary to make turns in downspouts If a turn is required pull the dowi toward of away from the house style A squin elbows Fig 3 would be used Two of liuse elbows inserted together as illustrated mike an in the downspout of several inches The crimp in scouts and elbows usually makes mastic or soldering unnecessary at the joints it becomes to make a turn in the downspout to the lolt or right style B elbows Fig would be used Two of these elbows mounted together as dt vert t d lection of the downspout to the left or ght by sevenl Inches A squire shoe as ilustraled Fig Is used at the bottom of the downspout This turns the flow of witer and pulls it out onto a splash block where the downspout ends near the ground INSTALLING GUTTERS AND DOWNSPOUTS Gutter downspouts arc available in gal van zed num copper or plastic Van parts previously described ire required to complete the job in each ps of g usually come in 10 lengths the a where guttering is to be installed very and determine how many eel of g and how many of the basic com pirts you will need Fig A provides a checklist lor determining the rmterials you will need before starting the job Measure the house carefully and then note on this checklist how many of the various parts you II need for your gutter and downspout in Estimate the number of various pieces you will need and write them in the column to the extreme right Bring this checklist to our store and we will help you with estimates Lay out tic pieces gutter and fittings on the ground below where they are to be installed Align them to correspond to the way they will it when assembled under tie of the Use a Ion level to get the correct slope for each run of gutter A slope mately 1 for 16 of gutter is to pro vide proper drainage Good drainage is important One way to set the slope for proper of gutter is to allow lor a fall of 1U lor each two 10 lengths of guttering ma be calculated by marking the nailing lie a of the house before attach tier then checking the all with a sure it is accurate I re and snip line from to is Fig to the end eich direction Allow lor 1 tail ordinary home instalta fill I d rection from the adequ lit d If the run ill for each 16 of gutter On extremely long ri located in the center If spikes and about every in the gutter spacing if you are attach ng or wrap around strap hangers If strap hangers are used locale them directly over roof rafters wherever possible This local on provides a stror support Always insert the strap under the roof ing material and attach it to the roofing deck Fig securely After the I rst length of gutter is hung in place continue a component parts with Slip connectors at each jo nt and inside or out S de mitres as required Insert two Style A elbows to g the downspouts f the outlet on gutter back flush w th the wall A strainer can be inserted in each downspout open ng to prevent the clogging the by leaves I mbs and other objects falling from trees nea by Such objects can get into under ground drainago systems and cause a great deal of iuble Use connector pipe bands sometimes called clincher bands to com the downspouts to tic wall as required There arc several styles of these holding devices If the downspout does not run into an under ground t system place a shoe at the bottom each downspout to row the water out otto a splash block This is necessa lo prevent ex cess noibturc from building up around the base of the house Always place a splash block under every Mast gutter seal must be used to seal the con reel ng joints many aluminum type guttering new house the lustrated If you ind downspouts it dine before putting the gutter into Tie d can bo remounted or new mold ng can installed after the gutter is put into place the gutter to the fascn under the SOMETIMES FLOWERS ARE THE ONLY WAY YOUR HEART CAN SPEAK Whatever your message Call us Today and S3 its on its Way FLORISTS 82 Milt St Georgetown NOW We are Hall on Hills dealer for International Harvester Garden Tractors Available 516 i our Inlrrnalloiml Harvester drain- has hern iroplr v Ith thru Hardening for earn tie can show u one of lie mast complete line of lawn and anywhere Top quality machinery take out of outdoor work I qiilumrnt built In Hi Hull to nw long the Is nerve you In and III INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CANADA Aware of your needs Master Feeds Trafalgar Road at Stewarltown FREE COUNTERTOP 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