Closer spacing may be required to handle system loads.
Rival copper gutters downspout installation instructions.
Then hold a second elbow against the corner of the house in line with the first elbow.
Copper braces of 32 oz.
Make a mark with a pencil for the bracket s screw hole.
Slope gutters not less than 1 8 inch per foot 1 100.
Click photo for details radius gutters in copper zinc or aluminum.
Hang gutter with copper straps spaced 30 inches 750 mm centers maximum.
Use a water level to make a matching mark at the downspout end.
On the house i used downspout adapters with leaf guards.
Straps extending at least 6 onto the roof are fastened to these braces and screwed to the roof with two brass screws.
At the high point of the gutter s run hold a bracket and a section of gutter against the fascia with the gutter s outer lip just under the plane of the roof.
With some of the gutter sections i needed to trim the length.
Copper are alternately spaced with copper brackets at 30 o c.
Measure the distance between these fittings and cut a short length of downspout to join the allowing for about 1 1 2 in.
Since my in ground pipe ran right past the garage i had the garage downspout dump in as well.
Apply sealant around the mouth of the connector and raise it to the gutter.
Anchor the downspout to the wall with two brackets while attaching the top of the downspout into the exposed outlet.
To do this i temporarily installed the end caps first as to minimize compression of the gutter while i would it cut.
Compare that to steel ones that are 8 to 10 per foot and aluminum ones that are 5 to 8 per foot and copper s more than twice the cost of other materials.
The continuous copper apron strip is fastened to the gutter with a single lock seam and is nailed to the roof with copper nails 12 o c.
Of insertion on one end.
Provide expansion joints at 48 0 14 400 mm maximum not more than 24 feet 7200 mm from corners.
Copper gutter systems last an average of 60 years and can last as long as a century with.
Using 6 rivet screws screw the connector to the gutter.
In the pictures you can see how i connect the downspouts to my pvc system.
Apply sealant again on the connector on the outside after that to ensure no leakage occurs.
Copper gutters and downspouts cost between 25 and 30 a foot installed.
Trimming gutter lengths installing gutter outlets.
Attach another elbow at the bottom of the downspout to divert water away from the foundation.
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Start by pushing the female end of a downspout elbow onto the first outlet fitting.
Flash and seal gutter to downspout.
Later installing the end caps more permanently was simply a matter of using a high quality clear construction adhesive.
Both the connector and the gutter should not have any water on them.
