Attaching Rain Chain To Gutter

If additional length is needed attach a second rain chain and fit to desired length.

Attaching rain chain to gutter. I decided to just use a half link of the chain on the top side of the gutter. When installing your rain chain use a tape measure to determine the distance from the existing rain gutter to the ground. From there attach your rain chain. Our rain chain was a little short so we had to loop a piece of copper wire to the last square and then loop it around one of the slots in the catch basin cover plate.

Subscribe to this old house. Add a bead of silicone on the bottom of the gutter installer plate before installing. Our rain chain installation kits add an extra touch of craftsmanship to go along with your rain chain. Inside the gutter hole insert the gutter bracket or v hook.

Decide where the rain chain will be hung and install a downspout outlet in the gutter in the desired location. There are a lot of ways that you could hang the chains from your gutter. Hang the rain chain using the pin and not the additional hook that was provided. I took one link from the chain and cut it in half with bolt cutters.

Ask this old house landscape contractor roger cook installs a decorative and functional alternative to a downspout. Fill the hole with the stone. Once you know the length remove the existing downspout. Then i held the top link of the rain chains up to he bottom side of the hole in the gutter.

Flip the pot upside down and. These kits are an upgrade over using the standard clip. We include a free gutter attachment clip with each rain chain.