Attaching Gutters To Rafter Tails

Locate each rafter tail usually spaced every 16 inches 40 6 cm apart by looking for their signature nail heads.

Attaching gutters to rafter tails.

Locate the rafter tails behind the fascia. Attach the gutter s fascia brackets to the rafter tails. Attach fascia brackets photo by mary beth montgomery. Drill a 1 8 inch 0 32 cm pilot hole through the fascia down to rafter tails.

Attaching rafters beams. There are various ways of attaching rafters to a beam. Find the location of the rafter tails behind the fascia board. Square cut rafter tails 2x6 facia no soffit.

Here are some tips for how to do this. I need to put continuos gutters on a 12 4. You may apply soap for making it easier for penetrating the fascia. The most common method of fastening them to the top of a beam is to drive in screws at an angle.

The typical ones back then were cedar i ve repaired ones up to 40 ft long. Bore a inch diameter pilot hole through the fascia and into the rafter tail at each mark. When building a patio roof it can be tricky to build the post and beam structures that support the rafters. Make a mark at the chalk line on every other rafter tail.

Check the fascia for rot and make repairs if necessary before installing the gutters. Attach the gutter brackets on every other rafter tail. Two thoughts i am thinking of making a triangle trim to nail onto the entire facia about 1 2 up from the bottom to make the gutter plumb or just nailing some square stock where the bottom of the gutter will land. How to attach guttering to existing fascia 1.

They would notch the top of. Attach the fascia brackets to using 1 4 inch 0 64 cm stainless steel lag screws. To do this the notch in the tail is cut plumb because the size of modern aluminum gutters has a greater depth than original wood gutters and doesn t fit in the notch. They re typically spaced 16 inches on center look for telltale nail heads.

Rafter design done right rafter tails cut from true 2x material also can have a tapered bottom edge which adds a subtle suggestion of the craftsman s hand and a more modern appearance to the house. Often the owner of a home at one time or another has a gutter company remove the original wooden gutters and install aluminum gutters. If a soffit conceals the rafters look for tell tale. Chalk a line along the length of the fascia board starting at the top the non downspout end 1 1 4 inches.