Correct Installation Of Bonding Gutter

Hold another elbow against the house and cut a piece of downspout to fit between the two elbows.

Correct installation of bonding gutter. With all the necessary fittings attached to this length of gutter install a hanger bracket every 2 to 3 ft. The redland dry bonding gutter is a dry fix grp product designed for tiled pitched roofs where you want to weatherproof the junction between two different r. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder.

Screw a downspout elbow to the outlet tube protruding down from the gutter. Snap the sections together. This can be formed from lead or be a manufactured pre formed product. One way to make sure your gutter doesn t fall off the house is to install fascia hanger brackets.

Leave the old spikes in place a spike head looks better than a hole in the gutter. With help lift the gutter in place and secure the corner first screwing the bracket into the roof s fascia. The correct way to weather the junction is to install some form of gutter or channel between the different tiling. Use needlenosed pliers to slightly crimp the elbow to fit into the downspout as shown.

Just hook the bracket under the front lip of the gutter and then screw the other side of the bracket to the fascia. For more information on guttering please visit our website at. Tip the hooked end of the bracket under the front flange and press the remaining end over the back fo the gutter. Secure the downspout outlet to the gutter with four pop rivets or screws.

Installation tips when installing the tiles abutting the bonding gutter it may be necessary to remove tile nibs to enable the tiles to sit close over the bonding gutter upstands. Diagram 1 shows a typical bonding gutter detail using a lead lined drainage channel at the junction between the two roof coverings. Measure the length of the roof that you re working on. Use a measuring tape to determine the length of the gutter.

It is also a good idea to use screws to secure the edge tiles making sure the fixings do not penetrate the gutter lining of course.