How To Cut Steel Rain Gutters

Use a carpenter s square to get around to the bottom.

How to cut steel rain gutters.

Secure it with eight pop rivets or sheet metal screws. Hold the handle with your dominant hand and keep your index finger parallel to the top pointing toward the cutting direction for support. Form strip miter joint at corner cover the joint between two lengths of gutter at each corner with a strip miter a 3 inch wide strip of aluminum. Pull the tape measure along the length of metal gutter and mark the length you need to cut the gutter with the carpenter s pencil.

Wrap the aluminum strip tight around the underside of the gutter. Use the other hand to hold the frame at the top by the wingnut. Fit the miter saw with a carbide tipped finish blade for cutting through metal but this is the fastest and most efficient tool for cutting through any type of gutter material. Rest the base of the carpenter s square against the top edge of the metal gutter and align the blade of the square with the.

Cut a triangular section from. Cut the gutters to size with a hacksaw and heavy duty tin snips. Use the old adage measure twice and cut once then turn the gutter upside down on the table and mark it all the way around. Laying your gutter on the workbench measure off the amount of gutter you want to cut and mark it with a pencil.

How to cut metal gutters.