How To Repair A Damaged Gutter

This guide explains how to fix gutter leaks specifically when repairing a small or large hole in metal gutters.

How to repair a damaged gutter. Thankfully gutters are pretty easy to troubleshoot though you may want to contact a professional if you don t have a lot of experience with outdoor repairs. 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 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.

Aluminum is pretty soft so i assumed correctly that it would work well. If the hole is small you can use plastic roofing cement. For example use aluminum flashing to patch an aluminum gutter. If it is large use a piece of galvanized metal flashing.

Over time gutters suffer wear and tear sag and become bent. Leaky or damaged gutters can be a big pain especially if they re causing water damage around your home. Using a bubble level check the slope gutters should drop about 1 4 inch for every 10 feet of run toward the downspouts. 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. To fix the gutter i decided to fabricate a homemade compression form. Gutter leaks usually start at rusty spots or seams that have opened up because of expansion and contraction. Repairing a damaged gutter is accomplished rather easily with the proper tools and the right instruction.

To fix a sagging gutter you may need to replace the hangers or at the very least re seat them.