Press the head of the rivet into the drill hole and squeeze the handle of your rivet gun to lock the rivet into place.
Cutting hole in gutter for downspout.
If the patch isn t already small enough to lay flat against the inside of the gutter and over the hole cut it down to size with your metal snips.
Keep your thick work gloves on.
Here is what worked for me.
Slide a rivet shaft into the rivet gun.
On the bottom of the gutter itself take a pencil or marker and trace the outline of a sleeve.
This is the thing that connects the gutter and downspout together so it is important that it is placed correctly and securely.
Step 2 drill four holes in each corner of the outline you made of the sleeve drill one hole.
Repeat the drill and rivet on the other side of the downspout to connect it to the main gutter.
When it comes to getting a hole in the bottom of a gutter for a downspout i m sure the pros have some quick way to punch out the perfect hole in a few seconds but for us home owners we are stuck doing it by hand.
Make sure the patch is large enough to overlap the hole by at least 1 in 2 5 cm on all sides.