After the holes are drilled for your rivets it s time to remove those clamps and start placing your rivets into place.
Detaching the rivets on a gutter spout.
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Slide a rivet shaft into the rivet gun.
Join the gutter to the corner with six rivets in the locations shown.
Repeat for the opposite side until all rivets have been removed.
Begin by detaching the compromised section of gutter so you can have full access to the leaky seam.
The first step is to remove the existing rivets.
In this diy how to video tool dude tony shows you how to remove and replace downspouts on your home with a few basic hand tools.
The drill bit will cut the rivet head away from the rivet body in a few seconds and the rivet is free.
Press the head of the rivet into the drill hole and squeeze the handle of your rivet gun to lock the rivet into place.
Us the hole in the rivet in the same manner as you would a centerpunch to guide the drill bit and drill the rivet out.
All you need to do is push the rivets into place.
Start by drilling a 1 8 in.
Step 4 insert the rivets.
Begin by selecting a hss high speed steel drill bit with a diameter slightly larger than the hole in the rivet head.
Rivets at the front of the gutter and installing the first rivet with the rivet gun.
You ll be left with the original 1 8 hole the rivets went into.
Using a drill bit the same size as the old rivets in this case 1 8 drill straight through the center of the old rivet until it pops out of place.
Cut the tape with a scissors or a razor knife photo 2.
Repeat the drill and rivet on the other side of the downspout to connect it to the main gutter.
Place the tip of the drill bit over the center indention on the rivet head and drill all the way through the rivet.
Now drill the remaining holes and install the rivets.
There is usually rivets on each side and on the front of the downspout.
Drill out the rivets connecting the bottom elbow to the downspout with an appropriate size steel cutting drill bit.
Drill through the side of the downspout and into the connector.
