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How do you cut aluminum downspout? Dan_Musicant 02-12-2007
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Posted by Dan_Musicant on February 12, 2007, 6:40 pm


One of the downspouts from a roof job done a year ago drains right into
the soil next to my foundation. I was thinking of making a drain-away
out of concrete (a bit of concrete work needs to be done right there,
anyway), but I got the idea of routing the downspout out away from the
foundation horizontally.

When the roofers did the job a year ago, I salvaged a couple of extra
10' or so lengths of aluminum downspouting and stashed them in my
garage. I figure I can run a 4' or so length of this from the end of the
downspout coming from the gutter above and route the flow out a few feet
from the foundation and onto my concrete patio where the water won't
sink into the ground at the foundation.

How can I cut the aluminum? I guess I can work it with a box cutter, but
I wonder if that's best. The metal is sure to deform if I cut it that
way. What do the pros use? TIA.

Dan

Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on February 12, 2007, 7:11 pm



>
> How can I cut the aluminum? I guess I can work it with a box cutter, but
> I wonder if that's best. The metal is sure to deform if I cut it that
> way. What do the pros use? TIA.
>
> Dan

Hacksaw or a metal cutting blade in a jigsaw



Posted by Dan_Musicant on February 12, 2007, 8:11 pm


wrote:

:
:>
:> How can I cut the aluminum? I guess I can work it with a box cutter, but
:> I wonder if that's best. The metal is sure to deform if I cut it that
:> way. What do the pros use? TIA.
:>
:> Dan
:
:Hacksaw or a metal cutting blade in a jigsaw
:
Thanks. I have both.

Posted by JoeSpareBedroom on February 12, 2007, 7:11 pm


> One of the downspouts from a roof job done a year ago drains right into
> the soil next to my foundation. I was thinking of making a drain-away
> out of concrete (a bit of concrete work needs to be done right there,
> anyway), but I got the idea of routing the downspout out away from the
> foundation horizontally.
>
> When the roofers did the job a year ago, I salvaged a couple of extra
> 10' or so lengths of aluminum downspouting and stashed them in my
> garage. I figure I can run a 4' or so length of this from the end of the
> downspout coming from the gutter above and route the flow out a few feet
> from the foundation and onto my concrete patio where the water won't
> sink into the ground at the foundation.
>
> How can I cut the aluminum? I guess I can work it with a box cutter, but
> I wonder if that's best. The metal is sure to deform if I cut it that
> way. What do the pros use? TIA.
>
> Dan

I don't know about the pros, but I use a fine tooth hack saw. It takes a few
minutes per cut, but it works.



Posted by NickySantoro on February 12, 2007, 8:08 pm


wrote:

>One of the downspouts from a roof job done a year ago drains right into
>the soil next to my foundation. I was thinking of making a drain-away
>out of concrete (a bit of concrete work needs to be done right there,
>anyway), but I got the idea of routing the downspout out away from the
>foundation horizontally.
>
>When the roofers did the job a year ago, I salvaged a couple of extra
>10' or so lengths of aluminum downspouting and stashed them in my
>garage. I figure I can run a 4' or so length of this from the end of the
>downspout coming from the gutter above and route the flow out a few feet
>from the foundation and onto my concrete patio where the water won't
>sink into the ground at the foundation.
>
>How can I cut the aluminum? I guess I can work it with a box cutter, but
>I wonder if that's best. The metal is sure to deform if I cut it that
>way. What do the pros use? TIA.
>
>Dan
Hacksaw

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