Aluminum Gutter Leak Repair

First check for signs of standing water and sagging.

Aluminum gutter leak repair.

Pull it off the gutter with your fingers or a pair of needle nose pliers. A small leak in your gutters or improperly placed downspouts can allow hundreds of gallons of water to enter your basement in a single heavy storm. Remove the old silicone caulk from the joint connection. Standing water in gutters eventually will rust galvanized steel seams or seep through the seams in aluminum gutters.

And the worst part about having a broken gutter is that you don t realize it until its too late. Adjust or add gutter hangers as needed see more about hangers below. If the metal gutter parts have rusted through you can quickly and easily patch it. Cut the caulk with a utility knife.

This guide will teach you a few simple repairs that will keep your downspout joints tight and reliably leak free for many years. During the first spring rainfalls i noticed that one of the corners of our front gutter was leaking. This guide explains how to fix gutter leaks specifically when repairing a small or large hole in metal gutters. Often aluminum guttering will start to leak from.

If the hole is small you can use plastic roofing cement. Do not apply silicone on top of silicone or on top of the old gutter sealant. Gutter leaks usually start at rusty spots or seams that have opened up because of expansion and contraction. A typical place for leaks to occur in the gutter system is at the downspout joints.

Repair leaking joints with silicone caulk. See below for a shopping list and tools subscribe to this old house. 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. If it is large use a piece of galvanized metal flashing.

Over time gravity can cause joints to open up or they can get jostled from below and come loose. That said a leak or two doesn t automatically mean it s time for gutter replacement. This video takes a look at how to repair aluminium guttering to a good standard that should last many years. However more often then not weeks or even days later the leak returns to the befuddlement of the home owner.

This old house general contractor tom silva has a fast fix for a dripping rain gutter. If water is leaking where the gutter and downspout jointly connect repair the joint connection.