How To Repair A Damaged Gutter

Gutters are typically made of either aluminum or vinyl and both are installed in a similar manner.

How to repair a damaged gutter.

Try to identify your gutter s main issue to see if it s broken clogged. If the gutters are held by spike and ferrule hangers use a hammer to drive the long spike making sure it goes into solid wood. If it is large use a piece of galvanized metal flashing. The first step was climbing the ladder with a woodworking profile gauge in order to copy the profile of an undisturbed section of gutter.

Buy a tube of roofing cement 1 40 and a metal repair patch several inches larger than the damaged area. If your gutter is still basically sound the easiest way to stop the leak is by covering the damaged area with roof and gutter repair tape available at home centers and hardware stores. To fix the gutter i decided to fabricate a homemade compression form. This guide explains how to fix gutter leaks specifically when repairing a small or large hole in metal gutters.

Using a bubble level check the slope gutters should drop about 1 4 inch for every 10 feet of run toward the downspouts. If the metal gutter parts have rusted through you can quickly and easily patch it. Gutter leaks usually start at rusty spots or seams that have opened up because of expansion and contraction. It s important that the patch match the gutter material.

If the hole is small you can use plastic roofing cement. Over time gutters suffer wear and tear sag and become bent. To fix a sagging gutter you may need to replace the hangers or at the very least re seat them. Repairing a damaged gutter is accomplished rather easily with the proper tools and the right instruction.

Aluminum is pretty soft so i assumed correctly that it would work well.