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Dan Thomas
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Improvement Inside And Out
Patching Holes In Gutters
Remove all rust and any other loose metal
by cleaning the area with a wire brush. Cover the bad spot with paint thinner.
2. Cut a patch from wire window screen material. The patch must be large
enough to cover the hole and extend about 1/2 inch beyond it. If a screen
patch seems to daunting, consider one of the factory patch kits now on the
market. The primary component of these kits is rubberized-foil sheet material
that has an adhesive backing. As always, you will need to clean the rusted
area and arrest its further progress with paint thinner or a commercial rust
inhibitor. Then just peel the backing from the foil and press the foil over
the degraded area. The foil patch will match a galvanized gutter closely. It
can also be painted.
3. Coat the area around the hole with asphalt roofing cement.
4. Put the patch down over the cement and press it in place.
5. Brush the cement over the screen.
6. When the first coat sets, cover it again with cement.
7. Tiny holes can be patched without the screen: the cement will fill in by
itself, but you will have to apply several coats.
