Straightening A Side Gutter Elbow

B elbows would be the ones that would fit the downspout and carry the water either to the left or the right instead of out forward or in backward.

Straightening a side gutter elbow.

Leave the old spikes in place a spike head looks better than a hole in the gutter. This left the gutter crumpled and unsightly. Set the sleeve of the gutter spike inside the gutter and line it up with the pre drilled hole. Run the next length of downspout tubing away from the foundation across your lawn.

Just hook the bracket under the front lip of the gutter and then screw the other side of the bracket to the fascia. Fasten the elbow to the downspout with two mounting support brackets. The second bracket will attach to the next length of downspout tubing. These do not apply for round elbows.

I suppose i could have had someone come out and put a new section in but being a diy er that. In the process of removing one of the trees on the south side of the house the aluminum gutter was struck as one of the heavier branches fell. Step 3 push the gutter spike in and through the sleeve until it hits the back of the gutter against the eave of the house. See below for a shopping list and tools subscribe to th.

This old house general contractor tom silva shows how to maintain aluminum gutters and downspouts.