Easy Way To Fix Leaky Gutters

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.

Easy way to fix leaky gutters.

Lately whenever it rains water drips out of my house s gutters and onto the patio instead of out the downspout. If the hole is small you can use plastic roofing cement. This old house general contractor tom silva has a fast fix for a dripping rain gutter. Is this something i can fix myself or do i need to replace my leaking gutters.

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. Leak stopper rubber flexx has a great 2 part system with waterproof tape and liquid coating. See below for a shopping list and tools subscribe to this old house. To fix a sagging gutter you may need to replace the hangers or at the very least re seat them.

If it is large use a piece of galvanized metal flashing. Leaky gutters are easy to repair. If the metal gutter parts have rusted through you can quickly and easily patch it. Using a bubble level check the slope gutters should drop about 1 4 inch for every 10 feet of run toward the downspouts.