Installing Gutters On Angled Fascia

One typical solution is to use roof hangers and you should choose hangers with sturdy rods rather than flexible straps.

Installing gutters on angled fascia. You can pre drill to avoid this or use the strap type hangers. Drive 2 3 nails along the top of the drip edge to secure it to the rafters underneath. But they re often a pia because the hanger screws will want to walk down the fascia instead of biting in. In this case we usually bevel rip a 2 x 4 to compliment the pitch and install our gutter on the beveled 2 x 4 which causes the gutter to install straight up and down.

With help lift the gutter in place and secure the corner first screwing the bracket into the roof s fascia. For angled fascias simply screwing a gutter to the house would cause the gutter to be tipped forward and constantly hold water. Proper installation of a gutter wedge. Mounting gutters to a slanted fascia.

They are attached to the back of the gutter and are cut to the degree of the roof slope. Gutters are often installed level for appearance. What i mean is the butts of the rafters are at 90 degrees to the rafters so let s just say if i install the gutters flat on the fascia the gutters will be at a 30 degree pitch. I m pretty sure that it would be a less than ideal thing for me to install gutters flush to the fascia because it would enable a lot of water from our dallas downpours to flow over the gutter.

Gutters installed on an angled fascia board should be installed as level as possible. Work across the length of your roof to install drip edges along the entire length. It ll also cause the gutter to slide downward on the fascia messing up your pitch. While it makese sense to slightly slope the gutter toward the downspout about 1 4 in.

Secure the rest of the hangers with 2 in galvanized nails or screws. You can buy drip edges from your local hardware or home improvement store. This is done with the use of gutter wedges sometimes called gutter shims. As pointed out gutter wedges can be used.

Angled fascias can complicate things for do it yourself gutter installers. The fascia on my house is slanted it is perpendicular to the roof instead of the ground.