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Detailed pictorial guide for European Copper Gutter Systems
Scroll to view all the text.Installation GuidelinesThe following pictures present a detailed and exhaustive view of various steps of cutting, fitting and soldering the Rainwater Systems Gutter System. Most individual pictures will contain a very brief description of what is going on. Installation of the Gutter SectionsWARNING: Copper is a sharp metal and will bite you if you let it. Firmly and securely, hold all pieces when working with them. Do not slide your hands or fingers along any straight or finished edges. This is partly the reason why we wore gloves in our demonstration. Wearing gloves will also help minimize the fingerprint marks on the gutter system. The best gloves to use especially for grip are ones with the palm and fingers coated with a rubber or latex material. Tools Required:Tape Measure Metal Scribe Cutting Tools (this could consist of combination of many things here are a few) Green and/or Red Tin Snips also Know as Left and Right Handed Tin Snips Respectively Hack Saw with new blade preferably Miter Box is handy for straighter cuts Compound Miter Saw with either Solid Carbide Metal Cutting Blade (get it at two words W_l M_r_) this blade leaves burrs, so you will need a utility knife with a curved or “Hook Blade” as it’s known to help scrape off the burrs Slate and Copper’s Anything Cutting Blade (gives you that factory cut every time, effortlessly). Cord or Cordless Drill (3/8” size drill is perfect) 1/8” Drill Bit for Drill Pop Rivet Gun 1/8” Diameter Copper Rivets *Slate and Copper offers two sizes of Copper Rivets, 1/8”diameter by 1/8” tall, or 1/8” diameter by 1/4” tall. If you do not use Slate and Copper’s Copper Rivets with Solid Brass Pins (Mandrels), then make sure the copper rivets you do use have a solid copper, bronze, or brass pins, and not a copper, bronze, or brass coated steel pins. If you do use copper rivets with the steel coated pins, then the pins will eventually rust out and can potentially cause leaks depending on where the rivets are used.C Clamps (optional but very useful) Soldering Equipment and Flux (do not use the pre-tinning flux) Soldering Iron of some sort (many styles to choose from) Propane (blue tank) with an Adjustable Flame Torch Head Nozzle Slate and Copper‘s World Gutter System Half Round Copper Gutters are available in 10’ and 18’ lengths. The 10' gutter is actually produced as a 3 meter section, and the 18' gutter is actually produced as a 5.5 meter section. The 10' or 3 meter gutter is exactly 118 3/16