How To Close A Gutter Downspout

For michael buchtel s home which has a lot of roof space the issue of rain and snow runoff is particularly important.

How to close a gutter downspout.

Cut a piece of metal of the appropriate type to cover the hole. The above recommendations assume that you have properly sized downspouts every 40 feet. Screw a downspout elbow to the outlet tube protruding down from the gutter. Gutters and downspouts are critical to ridding the roof of water and getting it away from the home s foundation.

Make sure to seal the drop outlet to the gutter with seam sealer. One downspout one drop outlet three elbows and two wall clips will cost about 40 at a home center. Gutters over flows add downspout to bring water down from roof faster. Hold another elbow against the house and cut a piece of downspout to fit between the two elbows.

Gutters and downspouts are an important part of any roofing. Its easy less than 30 minutes and under 30 00 in parts. As with gutters a downspout s capacity must match or exceed the expected runoff. Insert the downspout into the elbow if you put the elbow into the downspout it will leak.

Increasing the pitch increases a gutter s handling capacity but the gutter may look askew over a long run. Use needlenosed pliers to slightly crimp the elbow to fit into the downspout as shown. To do this i cut the black corrugated pipe added a t and aimed the pipe upwards to the downspout. Watch and learn how and stop.

The standard is about inch per 10 feet. You may need to crimp the end of the downspout with a pair of pliers to get a good fit.