How to install gutters on a detached garage?
by Audrey Spear
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My garage has one gutter over the driveway, but not on the other 3 sides. Is this job easy for DIY? What size and material works best? With all of this rain I have water seeping in from the ground around it.
There is an art to hanging gutters. It's not just a simple hang and go. They have to be on the correct slant to work properly. I'd ask pro advice!
Agree, plus your connecting to the other gutters could be tricky.
They aren't that hard to install. You want to have a 1/4" drop per 10' of run, place the scupper and down spout at the low corner. You can get all the parts you need at Menards, Lowes etc.
Connecting to the old could be a problem, best to replace that also.
If you have at least some basic diy skills, you can do this yourself. These sites will give you step by step instructions.
https://youtu.be/COp2Kh0kp2c
https://www.familyhandyman.com/roof/gutter-repair/how-to-install-gutters/
https://m.wikihow.com/Install-Rain-Gutters
I have a question....My husband just put new gutter on the front of our house...rained today...the water is shooting over the gutter and coming down. Are they tilted..to close or what..I would appreciate any help.
Do you have big enough down spouts? Gutters should be slanted slightly toward down spouts.
I would ask for professional advice too because you need everything installed properly to make the water flow in the right direction.
I recommend you use good stainless-steel fasteners to ensure that the gutters are properly fixed there. Still, you should only do that if you have at least some basic DIY skills or risk finding yourself in the same situation as I did a year ago. I wanted to install siding on my mother-in-law's suite near the house, and I got everything wrong. As a result, the water found its way under the siding, and it was really wet underneath. This led to the development of mold, and it took me so much time to get rid of it.