How To Bend Gutter Hangers

Measure and record the distance from the bottom of the fascia board to this nail.

How to bend gutter hangers.

Hanger spacing defining a properly hanger spacing will be given by the predominant climate of your area. Adjusting your gutters to remove your gutters loosen the screws that hold the gutter brackets using a screwdriver until the gutter detaches from the side of the house. When that water comes blasting out the end of the valley it can shoot right over the gutter. If you live in a warm place with sporadic rain you can hang gutter hangers close to the middle of the gutter with a spacing of no more than 36 inches or three feet apart from the center.

Clean out any debris and other materials that may be clogging the gutter and causing it to bend. Hang the new gutter next to the old one and then slide the patch under the seam. Some roofs have long sections of valley that carry a lot of rainwater at high velocity. When installing gutters set the proper slope by driving a nail 1 2 in.

Step 2 locate the center of the bend and drill a pilot hole through the top of the gutter. Climb a ladder and inspect the gutter to determine where exactly it is sagging and bent. What to do when water spills over gutter. For every 10 feet of gutter from this measurement and mark this distance at the low end of the gutter run.