Change Gutter Slope

Ask someone to hold the gutter while you loosen and remove the gutter brackets or hangers.

Change gutter slope.

You want at least a quarter inch of slope for every 10 feet. Pull the gutter down about 3 quarters of an inch lower than it originally was. The amount of collected water increases until it spills over the sides of the gutter. If your gutters don t slope then you only need to adjust the hangers and lower them slightly where necessary to achieve the correct slope.

The standard slope for rain gutters is half of an inch for every 10 feet. Use a hammer and crowbar to loosen the gutter. If you re changing out to a bigger gutter you only need make sure that the side that mounts is about the same size as your current gutters in order to use the old gutter as a guide. Use a level to make sure that the existing gutter slopes down toward the downspout.

So if you have a 25 foot section of guttering you should set the downspout end of the gutter 5 8 of an inch lower 1 4 x 2 5 5 8 than the other end. Step 2 test old gutters for slope. For example if the gutter is 16 feet long the end near the down spout must be 1 inch lower than the starting end. Snap a chalk line between the two and find the spots where the gutter is out of alignment.

So what s the ideal amount of slope for your gutters. If there s standing water it s not pitched properly. Get on a ladder after a rainstorm and look in the gutter. If gutters don t slope water gathers in them.

Most contractors tend to set the slop at one quarter inch per ten feet of guttering. A good guideline is that the pitch should cause a decrease somewhere between 1 to 2 inches over a 40 foot run. Most gutters are either 5 or 6 gutters. To correct this yourself you ll need to measure from the peak to the downspout.

Loosen the drip edge with a screwdriver. If gutters slope too severely they don t hold water and water could splash over the sides in heavy rain. Measure from the roof edge at both ends of the gutter if you want to be sure. The gutter slope also called the pitch is the amount the gutter tilts down to let rainwater flow out of it.

Once the gutter is properly pitched re install the gutter. To get started measure the side of the house directly under the gutter to determine its length in feet. Put a temporary screw at the back to adjust the pitch. Multiply the number of feet by 1 16 inch to determine the total slope the gutter requires.

Granade roofing on another awesome seamless gutter project adjusting a section of gutter to get the proper flow of water. Drop the gutter to the desired angle sloping it toward the downspout. This means that your gutter should be a half inch lower in height at every 10 foot mark until you reach the downspout.