How To Trim Roof Rafters For Rain Gutters

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 trim roof rafters for rain gutters.

Before you cut your boards you ll need to measure the width of your building and calculate the exact length of each rafter. When you cut the rafters you ll need to make 3 separate cuts. Mark out 3 ft 0 91 m sections along your fascia board with a pencil. Cut the board into 3 ft 0 91 m sections with a reciprocating saw.

Use a measuring tape to determine the length of the gutter. Overlapping tiles used as roof covering. Diagonal piece of beam supporting the roof. Cut out each 3 ft 0 91 m section one at a time until you ve removed the full board.

Square cut rafter tails 2x6 facia no soffit. To ensure that gutters drain properly make certain they slope inch for every 10 feet toward a downspout. Rain gutters should be attached to the fascia and run the entire length of the roof ending with a downspout. The ridge cut also called the plumb cut at the top of the rafter the birdsmouth cut.

If the gutter run measures longer than 40 feet 12 2 m it should be positioned to pitch down from the middle aimed toward a downspout at each end. At the ends of the gutters are 4 inch diameter corrugated aluminum downspouts 1 75 per linear foot which were ordered in white to match the house trim. The roof rafters provide integral structural support to the roof. Horizontal beams fixed under the rafters.

A horizontal piece of timber or metal installed on top of the rafters. I need to put continuos gutters on a 12 4. Horizontal beams that sit on top of the rafters.