Attaching Gutters To Rafter Tails

Locate the rafter tails behind the fascia.

Attaching gutters to rafter tails. There are various ways of attaching rafters to a beam. Check the fascia for rot and make repairs if necessary before installing the gutters. Attach the fascia brackets to using 1 4 inch 0 64 cm stainless steel lag screws. Here are some tips for how to do this.

How to attach guttering to existing fascia 1. 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. Make a mark at the chalk line on every other rafter tail. If a soffit conceals the rafters look for tell tale.

Locate each rafter tail usually spaced every 16 inches 40 6 cm apart by looking for their signature nail heads. Rafter design done right the most basic traditional rafter tail has a simple plumb cut at the end of true 2x lumber with the benefit of offering a robust surface for attaching a gutter. Drill a 1 8 inch 0 32 cm pilot hole through the fascia down to rafter tails. They re typically spaced 16 inches on center look for telltale nail heads.

Virtually every house built in the era of yours has gutters hanging from the rafter tails. Find the location of the rafter tails behind the fascia board. They would notch the top of. Attaching rafters beams.

Bore a inch diameter pilot hole through the fascia and into the rafter tail at each mark. Attach the gutter s fascia brackets to the rafter tails. Often the owner of a home at one time or another has a gutter company remove the original wooden gutters and install aluminum gutters. The most common method of fastening them to the top of a beam is to drive in screws at an angle.

You may apply soap for making it easier for penetrating the fascia. Attach the gutter brackets on every other rafter tail. Square cut rafter tails 2x6 facia no soffit. After you ve marked the location of each one drill pilot holes along every other rafter tail to make installation of the brackets easier.

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. Attach fascia brackets photo by mary beth montgomery. I need to put continuos gutters on a 12 4. The typical ones back then were cedar i ve repaired ones up to 40 ft long.