Detaching The Rivets On A Gutter Spout

Start by drilling a 1 8 in.

Detaching the rivets on a gutter spout.

After the holes are drilled for your rivets it s time to remove those clamps and start placing your rivets into place. Step 4 insert the rivets. Drill out the rivets connecting the bottom elbow to the downspout with an appropriate size steel cutting drill bit. Rivets at the front of the gutter and installing the first rivet with the rivet gun.

Clamping these rivets down during the drilling process ensures that your gutter will not move and your drilling will be precise. Repeat for the opposite side until all rivets have been removed. Now drill the remaining holes and install the rivets. Slide a rivet shaft into the rivet gun.

Press the head of the rivet into the drill hole and squeeze the handle of your rivet gun to lock the rivet into place. 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. Join the gutter to the corner with six rivets in the locations shown. Begin by selecting a hss high speed steel drill bit with a diameter slightly larger than the hole in the rivet head.

Cut the tape with a scissors or a razor knife photo 2. All you need to do is push the rivets into place. Place the tip of the drill bit over the center indention on the rivet head and drill all the way through the rivet. Repeat the drill and rivet on the other side of the downspout to connect it to the main gutter.

This may require removing screws or rivets depending on how your gutters are attached but in either case it should be easy to free the section you need to work on. The first step is to remove the existing rivets. Drill through the side of the downspout and into the connector. There is usually rivets on each side and on the front of the downspout.

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. You ll be left with the original 1 8 hole the rivets went into. The drill bit will cut the rivet head away from the rivet body in a few seconds and the rivet is free. Begin by detaching the compromised section of gutter so you can have full access to the leaky seam.